HB 1025 Indiana House · 2026 Regular Session

County policies.

Summary

Specifies that county residency requirements do not apply to: (1) public defenders (except for the chief public defender); (2) employees of a public defender office; (3) judicial officers; or (4) court personnel.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Jan 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

Governor

Introduced Dec 1, 2025 Last action Feb 25, 2026

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What changed between versions

House Bill (S) → House Bill (H) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to expand who is exempt from county residency requirements and county policies. Originally, only public defenders, judges, and court staff were exempt; the amendment now adds deputy prosecuting attorneys, all employees of prosecuting attorney offices, and emergency medical services providers to the list of protected individuals.

Scope change

The bill's scope of applicability was broadened to include law enforcement and emergency medical personnel in addition to the judicial and public defense sectors.

ELIGIBILITY

Added exemptions for deputy prosecuting attorneys and all employees of a prosecuting attorney's office from county residency requirements.

Added exemptions for emergency medical services providers and their employers from county residency requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Reorganized the text to remove a specific clause about funding appropriations for prosecuting attorneys, simplifying the section to focus solely on residency and policy exemptions.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2026 · House Jan 13, 2026

How they voted

47–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 49

Feb 24, 2026

D Democratic9

8 Yea 1

88% Yea

R Republican40

39 Yea 1

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 25, 2026

Introduced

House dissented from Senate amendments

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 48, nays 0

upper

Feb 19, 2026

Upper · Passed

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

upper

Feb 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

upper

Feb 12, 2026

Committee

Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 42: yeas 92, nays 0

lower

Jan 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

lower

4 primary · 5 co-sponsors