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type: "Bill"
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title: "Town and city court judges."
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description: "Provides that the judge of a city or town court shall reside in: (1) the county in which the city or town court is located; or (2) the bordering Indiana county that is the closest Indiana county to the city or town in which the court is located. This proposed amendment has been agreed to by one general assembly."
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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: "HJR 1"
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citation: "Indiana HJR 1 (2025)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally", "COURTS; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Mike Aylesworth"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/212a3825-653f-4caa-aee6-b6e9aa5418bb"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hj0001"
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source_hash: "9cde687fe56d3d91b6fc848364eca9f58210763ac2f6e1f76ba5d4bd7db336c4"
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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 HJR 1 (2025) — Town and city court judges.
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Provides that the judge of a city or town court shall reside in: (1) the county in which the city or town court is located; or (2) the bordering Indiana county that is the closest Indiana county to the city or town in which the court is located. This proposed amendment has been agreed to by one general assembly.
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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. **Enrolled House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/resolutions/HJ0001/HJ0001.04.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/resolutions/HJ0001/HJ0001.03.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/resolutions/HJ0001/HJ0001.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/resolutions/HJ0001/HJ0001.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HJR 1 - Aylesworth - 3rd Reading — **81–7** (pass) · lower
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- HJR 1 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **43–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Mike Aylesworth — primary (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 Aylesworth
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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** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 57: yeas 81, nays 7 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
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- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 43, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-03-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-03-20** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-27** Public Law 244 `became-law`
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- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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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/212a3825-653f-4caa-aee6-b6e9aa5418bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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