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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts."
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description: "Provides that the judges of the Marion County juvenile courts may not appoint more than 11 magistrates. Eliminates a court in Blackford County and Monroe County. Eliminates a magistrate in Jennings County. Allows the judges of the Elkhart circuit and superior courts to appoint four full-time magistrates. (Current law allows for the appointment of two magistrates.) Adds two superior courts to Hamilton County. Provides that the first judges of Hamilton superior courts No. 8 and No. 9 shall: (1) be elected at the November 2026 general election; (2) take office January 1, 2027; and (3) serve a term of six years. Allows the judges of the Hamilton circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint two additional magistrates to serve the Hamilton County courts. Allows the judge of the Lawrence County juvenile court to appoint not more than one full-time magistrate. Allows the judges of the Vigo circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint one magistrate to serve the Vigo County courts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1144"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1144 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COUNTIES; Blackford", "COUNTIES; Elkhart", "COUNTIES; Hamilton", "COUNTIES; Jennings", "COUNTIES; Lawrence", "COUNTIES; Marion", "COUNTIES; Monroe", "COUNTIES; Vigo", "COURTS; Judges", "COURTS; Juvenile Courts", "COURTS; Magistrates"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Jeter", "Eric Koch", "Linda Rogers", "Liz Brown"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/531d949a-3097-4908-852d-9c15bafbf61c"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1144"
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source_hash: "3665f45793f55d3929fcb2a23834f866edd374010d67712c8b4ff8c0711b6be3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1144 (2025) — Courts.
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Provides that the judges of the Marion County juvenile courts may not appoint more than 11 magistrates. Eliminates a court in Blackford County and Monroe County. Eliminates a magistrate in Jennings County. Allows the judges of the Elkhart circuit and superior courts to appoint four full-time magistrates. (Current law allows for the appointment of two magistrates.) Adds two superior courts to Hamilton County. Provides that the first judges of Hamilton superior courts No. 8 and No. 9 shall: (1) be elected at the November 2026 general election; (2) take office January 1, 2027; and (3) serve a term of six years. Allows the judges of the Hamilton circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint two additional magistrates to serve the Hamilton County courts. Allows the judge of the Lawrence County juvenile court to appoint not more than one full-time magistrate. Allows the judges of the Vigo circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint one magistrate to serve the Vigo County courts.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1144/HB1144.06.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1144/HB1144.07.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1144/HB1144.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1144/HB1144.05.COMS.pdf)
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5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1144/HB1144.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1144 - Jeter — **83–5** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1144 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **33–16** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1144 - Brown L — **45–4** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1144 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Liz Brown — primary (person)
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- Danny Lopez — coauthor (person)
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- Greg Goode — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)
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- Tonya Pfaff — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Jeter
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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- **2025-01-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-10** Representatives Pfaff and Wesco added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-10** Representative Lopez D added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-12** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Koch
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- **2025-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 130: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Senator Goode added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Senator Rogers added as third sponsor
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- **2025-04-10** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-14** Amendment #5 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-14** Amendment #2 (Yoder) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-04-14** Amendment #4 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-14** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 432: yeas 33, nays 16 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-16** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2025-04-16** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** House conferees appointed: Jeter and Pfaff
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- **2025-04-16** House advisors appointed: Zimmerman, Wesco, Borders, Garcia Wilburn and Gore
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- **2025-04-16** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-17** Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Pol
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- **2025-04-17** Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Koch
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 224 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-24** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 525: yeas 45, nays 4
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- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 558: yeas 83, nays 5
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/531d949a-3097-4908-852d-9c15bafbf61c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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