HJR 1 Indiana House · 2025 Regular Session

Town and city court judges.

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 been agreed to by one general assembly.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed Mar 27, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced House Resolution (H) → Enrolled House Resolution (H) · 3 edits · Mar 27, 2025

MINOR

The bill has transitioned from an introduced draft version to an enrolled version, indicating it has passed both houses of the General Assembly. The substantive policy content regarding judicial residency requirements remains unchanged, with no modifications to the actual constitutional amendment text itself.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability to city and town court judge residency requirements remains the same.

TECHNICAL

Removed introductory draft markings, committee referral information, and digest summary that were present in the introduced version.

Added enrolled resolution formatting including signatures for House and Senate passage dates, speaker/president designations, and official resolution numbering.

Changed document title from 'Introduced House Resolution' to 'Enrolled House Resolution' to reflect final passage status.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2025 · House Jan 30, 2025

How they voted

43–3

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 50

Mar 17, 2025

D Democratic10

7 Yea 3 Nay

70% Yea

R Republican40

36 Yea 4

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by the President of the Senate

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by the Speaker

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by the President Pro Tempore

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 43, nays 3

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report: do pass, adopted

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 57: yeas 81, nays 7

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report: do pass, adopted

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors