Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1319 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1		-	~~HB1319.1~~
2		-	~~January 27, 2025~~
	1	+
	2	+	Introduced Version
3	3		HOUSE BILL No. 1319
4	4		_____
5		-	DIGEST OF ~~HB 1319 (Updated January 22, 2025 12:21 pm - DI 140)~~
6		-	Citations Affected: IC 33-33.
	5	+	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
	6	+	Citations Affected: IC 33-33-20-2.
7	7		Synopsis: Elkhart County courts. Allows the judges of the Elkhart
8	8		circuit and superior courts to appoint five full-time magistrates.
9	9		(Current law allows for the appointment of two magistrates.)
10	10		Effective: July 1, 2025.
11	11		Wesco, King, Miller D, Abbott
12	12		January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.
13		-	January 27, 2025, reported — Do Pass. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
14		-	pursuant to Rule 126.3.
15		-	HB 1319—LS 7444/DI 151 January 27, 2025
	13	+	2025 IN 1319—LS 7444/DI 151 Introduced
16	14		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
17	15		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
18	16		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
19	17		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
20	18		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
21	19		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
22	20		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
23	21		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
24	22		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
25	23		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
26	24		HOUSE BILL No. 1319
27	25		A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
28	26		courts and court officers.
29	27		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
30	28		1 SECTION 1. IC 33-33-20-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.1-2006,
31	29		2 SECTION 503, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
32	30		3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 2. (a) The judges of the Elkhart
33	31		4 circuit and superior courts may jointly appoint two five (5) full-time
34	32		5 magistrates under IC 33-23-5 to serve the circuit and superior courts.
35	33		6 (b) A magistrate continues in office until removed by the judges of
36	34		7 the circuit and superior courts.
37		-	HB 1319—LS 7444/DI 151 2
38		-	COMMITTEE REPORT
39		-	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Courts and Criminal Code, to
40		-	which was referred House Bill 1319, has had the same under
41		-	consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with
42		-	the recommendation that said bill do pass.
43		-	(Reference is to HB 1319 as introduced.)
44		-	MCNAMARA
45		-	Committee Vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0
46		-	HB 1319—LS 7444/DI 151
	35	+	2025 IN 1319—LS 7444/DI 151