Bill No. Bill Title Committee 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Sponsor(s) SB 17 Domestic violence fee 1/21/16 Do Pass 1/25/16 Engrossed –A 1/26/16 Passed 49-0 McNamara SB 27 Marion Circuit Court magistrate 1/5/16 Do Pass 1/28/16 Do Pass 2/1/16 Engrossed 2/2/16 Passed 50-0 Speedy, Pryor, DeLaney SB 81 Senior judges and judges pro tempore 1/14/16 Do Pass –A 1/19/16 Engrossed 1/21/16 Pas … [Read more...] about Mid-Session: Judicial Administration
Judicial Administration
Administrative law
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 1 authored by Sen. Steele on administrative law. The bill replaces administrative law judges and environmental law judges with an administrative court with judicial review by a circuit or superior court with appropriate jurisdiction. Sen. Steele introduced an amendment stripping the bill and requesting that this topic be assigned to a summer st … [Read more...] about Administrative law
Marion Circuit Court magistrate
The Senate Appropriations Committee heard Sen. Steele’s and Sen. R. Michael Young’s SB 27, allowing the judge of the Marion Circuit Court to appoint one full-time Marion Circuit Court magistrate. The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary. The bill passed 13-0. Read the bill at h … [Read more...] about Marion Circuit Court magistrate
Drug enforcement, treatment and prevention
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Merritt’s SB 271 on drug enforcement, treatment and prevention. This bill establishes the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse (ICCDA). It also repeals the Commission for a Drug Free Indiana and requires the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) to assume certain duties of the repealed Commission for a Drug Free Indiana concerning the … [Read more...] about Drug enforcement, treatment and prevention
Marion superior court
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard SB 352, authored by Sen. R. Michael Young and Sen. Waltz, establishing the Marion County judicial selection committee to appoint and nominate judges for the Marion superior court. This bill provides that judges of the Marion superior court will be initially appointed by the Marion County judicial selection committee and may be retained in office … [Read more...] about Marion superior court