At a prior hearing, the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1025 on county policies sponsored by Sen. Glick and Sen. Pol and authored by Rep. Zimmerman. The bill provides that a public defender and an employee of a public defender agency may not be subject to a county residency requirement, unless the residency requirement includes all counties contiguous to the … [Read more...] about County policies
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Funding of prosecuting attorney operations
The House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1344 on funding of prosecuting attorney operations authored by Reps. Steuerwald and Jeter. The bill establishes the public prosecution fund and a prosecuting attorney compensation fee (a court fee) of $40 which will be deposited in the state general fund. The bill provides that a county may be reimbursed for certain prosecutorial … [Read more...] about Funding of prosecuting attorney operations
Prosecutors
H.E.A. 1006, P.L. 147-2025 Effective: July 1, 2025 Establishes the prosecutor review board and sets forth the duties of the board. Requires that two members appointed to the Indiana commission on court appointed attorneys be trial court judges from counties receiving reimbursement of expenditures for noncapital cases. Read the bill at: … [Read more...] about Prosecutors
Prosecutors
The Senate Appropriations Committee heard HB 1006 regarding prosecutors sponsored by Sen. Freeman and Sen. Carrasco and authored by Rep. Jeter. Sen. Freeman presented the bill, which provides a special prosecutor unit, a prosecutor review board, and a public prosecution fund. The committee amended the bill by consent to remove the special prosecutor unit and fund as well as the … [Read more...] about Prosecutors
Prosecutors
On March 11, 2025, the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1006 on prosecutors. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Freeman and Sen. Carrasco and authored by Rep. Jeter. Sen. Freeman presented the bill, which provides a special prosecutor unit, a prosecutor review board, and a public prosecution fund. It sets guidelines and standards that allow counties to be eligible … [Read more...] about Prosecutors