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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 327: Marion County small claims fees.

Passed one chamber 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 327 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Marion County small claims fees. Primary sponsor: Andrew Ireland (Republican), Cyndi Carrasco (Republican), Aaron Freeman (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary.

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Official summary

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

Requires a clerk to collect a small claims service fee of $26 in each action filed in a Marion County small claims court. Establishes the small claims fund. Requires the court to distribute certain fees to the county auditor for distribution to the small claims fund. Provides that the fees in the small claims fund are to be distributed equally among the townships and the fees must fund the operation of the small claims court located within the township.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andrew IrelandPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Cyndi CarrascoPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate36
Aaron FreemanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Lonnie RandolphCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2

“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. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
  2. Referred to the House
  3. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 184: yeas 48, nays 1
  4. House sponsor: Representative Ireland
  5. Amendment #2 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
  6. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  7. Senator Carrasco added as second author
  8. Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  9. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  10. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
  11. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
  12. Authored by Senator Freeman

Sources

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