Various courts matters.
Summary
Makes clarifying changes to the powers and duties of the Marion superior court executive committee. Provides that an appointed judicial officer shall be vested by the judges of the family division of the Marion superior court with suitable powers for the handling of all probate matters of the court. Removes and reallocates the powers and duties of a probate hearing judge, probate commissioner, juvenile referee, bail commissioner, and master commissioner from the Marion superior court. Provides that the Marion County judicial selection committee nomination procedure shall be followed when filling a vacancy that occurs in a court. Provides that a sheriff's service of process fee for each service performed outside Marion County applies to cases in the Marion County small claims court. Provides that the: (1) clerk of a circuit court; (2) clerk of a city or town court; or (3) judge of a city or town court that does not have a clerk; may retain as an administrative fee an amount of up to $3 from the excess amount collected by the clerk for general court costs.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 23, 2022
Signed Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 20, 2022
How they voted
42–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 46
Jan 20, 2022
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican36
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Mar 14, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 355: yeas 92, nays 2
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 339: yeas 50, nays 0
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the House
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Amended
Senate dissented from House amendments
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Introduced
Motion to dissent filed
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 206: yeas 93, nays 0
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Amended
Amendment #1 (Steuerwald) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 30: yeas 45, nays 1
upper
Jan 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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