Indiana Senate Bill 91 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-28 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Establishes: (1) a unified circuit court for Henry County by combining the current judge of the Henry circuit court and the two judges of the Henry superior court into a unified circuit court with three judges; and (2) a unified circuit court for Madison County by combining the current judge of the Madison circuit court and the five judges of the Madison superior court into a unified circuit court with six judges. Specifies that the Henry superior court judges and Madison superior court judges serving on June 30, 2011, serve as judges of their respective unified circuit courts beginning July 1, 2011. Transfers all cases and other matters pending in the Henry superior court and Madison superior court at the close of business on June 30, 2011, to their respective circuit courts on July 1, 2011. Repeals provisions concerning the establishment and operation of the Henry superior court and Madison superior court.

Henry and Madison unified circuit courts.

Sen. Richard Bray [R]

Sen. Beverly Gard [R]

Sen. Timothy Lanane [D]

2011-02-03 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-28		First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2011-02-03		Cosponsors: Reps. Austin and Saunders
2011-02-03		House sponsor: Rep. Foley
2011-02-03		Referred to the House
2011-02-03		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 63: yeas 47 and nays 1
2011-01-31		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2011-01-27		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2011-01-05		First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2011-01-05		Authored by Senators Bray, Lanane and Gard

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0091
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0091.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/SB/SB0091.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/PDF/Srollcal/0063.PDF.pdf