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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1543: Vigo County courts.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1543 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Vigo County courts. Primary sponsor: Bob Heaton (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 27, 2025): Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Allows the judges of the Vigo circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint one magistrate to serve the Vigo County courts.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bob HeatonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Tonya PfaffCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
  2. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  3. First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
  4. Authored by Representative Heaton
  5. Coauthored by Representative Pfaff

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source