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Town and city court judges.

IN · session 2023 · Assembly / House · joint resolution

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Introduced Jan 19, 2023

Latest action (Apr 26, 2023) Public Law 254

Summary

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 not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Sponsors (3)

2 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Sharon Negele · coauthor
  • Chris Jeter Republican · coauthor

Action history (18)

  1. Jan 19, 2023 Authored by Representative Aylesworth · lower
  2. Jan 19, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code · lower
  3. Feb 16, 2023 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
  4. Feb 16, 2023 Representatives Negele and Jeter C added as coauthors · lower
  5. Feb 20, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  6. Feb 21, 2023 Senate sponsor: Senator Koch · lower
  7. Feb 21, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 90, nays 0 · lower
  8. Feb 22, 2023 Referred to the Senate · lower
  9. Feb 28, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
  10. Mar 20, 2023 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
  11. Mar 23, 2023 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
  12. Mar 23, 2023 Senator Freeman added as second sponsor · upper
  13. Mar 28, 2023 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 48, nays 0 · upper
  14. Mar 29, 2023 Returned to the House without amendments · upper
  15. Apr 3, 2023 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  16. Apr 4, 2023 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  17. Apr 26, 2023 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  18. Apr 26, 2023 Public Law 254 · lower
Subjects
CITIES AND TOWNSJUDGES

Text versions (4)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled House Resolution (H) · Mar 29, 2023 · PDF
  • Introduced House Resolution (H) · Jan 19, 2023 · PDF
  • House Resolution (H) · Feb 16, 2023 · PDF
  • House Resolution (S) · Mar 20, 2023 · PDF

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