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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 222: Civil legal aid fund.

Enacted 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

SB 222 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Civil legal aid fund. Primary sponsor: Chris Jeter (Republican), Aaron Freeman (Republican), Cyndi Carrasco (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 31, 2025): Signed by the Governor.

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Official summary

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

Limits how a legal services provider may use funds from the civil legal aid fund. Relocates a provision concerning fund distribution. Repeals the distribution formula of the civil legal aid fund statute. Requires the office of judicial administration to annually report certain information regarding the civil legal aid fund to the state budget committee.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris JeterPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Aaron FreemanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Cyndi CarrascoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate36
Scott AlexanderCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate26
Alex ZimmermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67

“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. Signed by the Governor
  2. Public Law 8
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the Speaker
  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  6. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 94, nays 2
  7. Returned to the Senate without amendments
  8. Representative Zimmerman added as cosponsor
  9. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  10. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
  12. Referred to the House

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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