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The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard HB 1332 on Marion County magistrates authored by Rep. Speedy. The bill allows the Marion County superior courts to appoint 24 full-time magistrates after December 31, 2019, not more than 12 of whom may be from the same political party. The bill passed on a vote of 12–0. Read the bill at h … [Read more...] about Marion county magistrates

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Sen. Becker’s SB 114 on Vanderburgh County magistrates.  The bill allows the judge of the Vanderburgh circuit court to appoint an additional magistrate to serve the Vanderburgh circuit court and allows the judges of the Vanderburgh superior court to jointly appoint an additional magistrate to serve the Vanderburgh superior court. Vanderburgh Su … [Read more...] about Vanderburgh County magistrates

The House Courts & Criminal Code Committee heard Rep. McNamara’s HB 1057 on Vanderburgh County magistrates. This bill allows the judge of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court to appoint an additional magistrate and allows the judges of the Vanderburgh Superior Court to jointly appoint an additional magistrate. Vanderburgh Circuit Court Judge David Kiely and Vanderburgh Superior Court J … [Read more...] about Vanderburgh County magistrates

The House Courts & Criminal Code Committee heard Rep. Karickhoff’s HB 1118, allowing the judges of the Howard Circuit and Superior courts to jointly appoint a Howard County magistrate. Howard Superior Court Judge Douglas Tate and Howard County Prosecutor Mark McCann testified in favor of the bill. It passed 11-0. Read the bill here: h … [Read more...] about Howard County magistrate

S.E.A. 126, P.L. 156 Effective: July 1, 2019 Allows the judges of the Jefferson County circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Jefferson County courts. Adds a fourth judge to the superior court of Kosciusko County. Allows the judges of the Putnam circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Putnam County courts. Allows the … [Read more...] about Judges and magistrates