For amend and vote only, the Senate Appropriations Committee heard SB 222 on the civil legal aid fund authored by Sen. Carrasco and Sen. Freeman. The bill limits how a legal services provider may use funds from the civil legal aid fund, relocates a provision concerning fund distribution, and repeals the distribution formula of the civil legal aid fund statute.
The bill was amended to require that the Office of Judicial Administration report to the State Budget Committee on the allocation of funds. The amended bill passed 12-1.
Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/222