The following judicial administration bills passed out of their originating house:
SB 4 Various fiscal matters
- Previous blog post: N/A. The bill in relevant part was amended in committee to urge the legislative council to assign to the interim study committee on courts and the judiciary the task of undertaking a comprehensive study of all court fees and fines.
- Floor amendments: Not relevant to courts.
- House sponsor: Snow, Thompson
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/4/
SB 139 Jury duty exemption for women breastfeeding
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/09/jury-duty-exemption-for-women-breastfeeding/
- House sponsor: Olthoff, King
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/139/
SB 291 Court security
- Previous blog posts:
- Floor amendments: Establishes a procedure to prevent certain personal information of a protected individual from being publicly available by a public agency. A protected individual includes a current or retired judge; current or retired justice, judge, or magistrate of a federal court domiciled in Indiana; and a spouse, child, or dependent who resides in the same household as a current or retired judicial officer. Creates a civil cause of action against a public agency that fails to remove certain personal information of a protected individual. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for unlawfully publishing certain personal information or a Level 6 felony if it results in serious bodily injury to the protected individual. Allows the marshal appointed by the Court of Appeals to provide for the safety and security of the tax court.
- House sponsor: Steuerwald, Jeter
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/senate/291/
HB 1019 Constitutional amendment ballot question
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/09/constitutional-amendment-ballot-question/
- Senate sponsor: Koch
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1019/
HB 1025 Residency of prosecutors and public defenders
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/09/residency-of-prosecutors-and-public-defenders/
- Senate sponsor: Glick
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1025/
HB 1033 Various judicial matters
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/various-judicial-matters/
- Senate sponsor: Carrasco
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1033/
HB 1161 Local government matters
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/local-government-matters/
- Senate sponsor: Clark
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1161/
HB 1256 Campaign finance reports of local candidates
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/campaign-finance-reports-of-local-candidates/
- Floor amendments: Requires the clerk to post the report within a certain timeframe. Allows certain covered persons to submit a written request to a county, municipality, or township to restrict access to the covered person’s home address in a confidential document. Requires a county, municipality, or township to establish certain processes to prevent a member of the public from gaining access to the home address of a covered person.
- Senate sponsor: Walker
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1256/
HB 1360 Access to public records
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/23/access-to-public-records/
- Floor amendments: Provides that a public agency may decline to respond to a public records request that is submitted to the public agency electronically if the public agency suspects: (1) the request to be data scraping or phishing activity; or (2) that responding to the request electronically may: (A) expose the public agency’s electronic systems or data to unauthorized access or alteration; or (B) otherwise jeopardize the security of the public agency’s electronic systems or data. Provides that the public agency must report: (1) the request to which the public agency declined to respond; and (2) the public agency’s reason for declining to respond; to the public access counselor not later than seven days after the public agency receives the request.
- Senate sponsor: Brown
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1360/
HB 1377 Straight ticket voting
- Previous blog post: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/01/16/straight-ticket-voting/
- Floor amendments: Removes a provision requiring particular ballot placement when more than one candidate may be elected to an office.
- Senate sponsor: Johnson
- Read the current bill: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1377/
The following bills died in their originating house: