Indiana House Bill 1347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-24 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Requires that the clerk of the circuit court (clerk) or the county recorder (recorder) must be the secretary of the county commission of public records, as determined by: (1) mutual agreement of the clerk and the recorder; or (2) if a mutual agreement cannot be reached, an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of the commission. Allows the clerk to keep the lis pendens record, the execution docket, and the register of witness fees and court fees in electronic form if all information is available to the public to inspect or copy in the electronic form. Eliminates: (1) the requirement that the clerk attend court proceedings; and (2) the per diem paid the clerk or a deputy for attending court. Allows the clerk to retain an administrative fee of up to $3 from any excess amount of fine, penalty, fee, or bail collected and refunded by the clerk. Requires the cost of: (1) an initial mailing of a document by certified or registered mail to be paid out of court costs and fees; and (2) any additional certified or registered mailings to be paid by the person requesting the additional mailings. Provides that a circuit court judgment docket must contain: (1) all civil judgments in which one party owes money to another party; and (2) any entry that is required by a statute. Provides that a judgment docket may not include: (1) judgments in which money is owed by a person to a state, a county, or another governmental entity as a result of a criminal conviction or a violation of an infraction or ordinance; or (2) except for cases in which the state obtains a judgment for unpaid taxes, judgments in which a governmental entity is the sole creditor. Allows a clerk of a circuit court to keep a judgment docket in: (1) an electronic format; (2) a paper format; or (3) both an

Court administrative matters.

Rep. Peggy Mayfield [R]

Rep. Kathy Richardson [R]

2014-03-13 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 adopted (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-03-13 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 adopted (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-03-04 - Senate - Senate Floor - (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-02-26 - Senate - Senate Committee on Judiciary - Roll Call 134702 (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-30 - House - House Floor - (Y: 89 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2014-01-27 - House - House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code - Roll Call 134701 (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-24	House	Signed by the Governor
2014-03-24	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2014-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2014-03-14	House	Signed by the Speaker
2014-03-13	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 499: yeas 99 and nays 0
2014-03-13	House	Public Law 78
2014-03-13	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 adopted; Roll Call 458: yeas 48 and nays 0
2014-03-12	House	Representative VanDenburgh removed as coauthor.
2014-03-10	Senate	Senator Breaux added as advisor
2014-03-10	Senate	Senator Schneider added as advisor
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Randolph added as advisor
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Head added as advisor
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Hume added as conferee
2014-03-06	Senate	Senator Steele added as conferee
2014-03-06	House	Representative VanDenburgh added as advisor
2014-03-06	House	Representative DeLaney added as advisor
2014-03-06	House	Representative Cox added as advisor
2014-03-06	House	Representative Richardson added as advisor
2014-03-06	House	Representative Steuerwald added as advisor
2014-03-06	House	Representative Pryor added as conferee
2014-03-06	House	Representative Mayfield added as conferee
2014-03-05	House	House dissented from Senate Amendments
2014-03-04	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2014-03-04	Senate	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 333: yeas 48 and nays 0
2014-03-04	Senate	Senator Pete Miller added second sponsor.
2014-03-03	Senate	Second reading: engrossed.
2014-02-27	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted.
2014-02-04	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Judiciary
2014-01-30	House	Senator Steele added as sponsor.
2014-01-30	House	Referred to the Senate
2014-01-30	House	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 159: yeas 89 and nays 0
2014-01-30	House	Representative VanDenburgh added as coauthor.
2014-01-29	House	Second reading: engrossed
2014-01-27	House	Committee report: do pass amend, adopted.
2014-01-15	House	Coauthored by Representative Richardson
2014-01-15	House	First Reading: Referred to Courts and Criminal Code
2014-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Mayfield.

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/house/1347/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/8/9/f/789fbade/HB1347.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/e/e/e/ceeeb9d0/HB1347.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/e/8/7/de8783c8/HB1347.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/1/4/3/91437961/HB1347.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/d/f/d5df92ba/HB1347.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/0/8/d008ffd8/HB1347.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/d/d/3/5dd3cd9e/HB1347.04.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/d/d/2addda55/HB1347.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/7/f/c/a7fc8c32/HB1347.02.COMH.159.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/1/e/7/d1e7b546/HB1347.02.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/e/2/9/4e291a7d/HB1347.03.COMS.333.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/f/5/5/ff555c92/HB1347.03.COMS.499.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/1/b/7/f1b7fcdd/HB1347.03.COMS.458.pdf