Indiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana HB1025: County policies.
Status: Passed one chamber, February 25, 2026
Specifies that county residency requirements do not apply to: (1) public defenders (except for the chief public defender); (2) employees of a public defender office; (3) judicial officers; or (4) court personnel.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government. 1.
From the amended text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government. 1 SECTION 1. IC 36-1-3-15.6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE 3 UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 15.6. (a) The requirement to appropriate 4 an amount necessary for the operation of a prosecuting attorney's 5 office under IC 33-39-6-2(h) does not subject a prosecuting 6 attorney or an employee of a prosecuting attorney's office to any 7 county policy. 8 (b) The following may not be subject to a county residency 9 requirement: 10 (1) A public defender. 11 (2) An individual employed by a public defender office or 12 agency. 13 (3) A judicial officer. 14 (4) Court personnel. 15 (c) This section does not apply to a chief public defender. 16 SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act. EH 1025--LS 6137/DI 149 COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Courts and Criminal Code, to which was referred House Bill 1025, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows: Page 1, delete lines 7 through 8, begin a new line block indented and insert: "(1) A public defender. (2) An individual employed by a public defender office …
Sponsors
- Alex Zimmerman (R, HD-067) · primary sponsor
- Wendy McNamara (R, HD-076)
- Gore, Mitch (D)
- Steve Bartels (R, HD-074)
Latest actions
- : House dissented from Senate amendments
- : Motion to dissent filed
- : Senate advisors appointed: Carrasco, Randolph Lonnie M
- : Senate conferees appointed: Glick, Taylor G
- : House conferees appointed: Zimmerman, Gore
- : House advisors appointed: McNamara, Ireland, Pierce M
- : Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 48, nays 0
- : Returned to the House with amendments
- : Second reading: ordered engrossed
- : Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Votes
- HB1025.04.COMS (February 24, 2026): 48 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HB1025.02.COMH (January 13, 2026): 92 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: PUBLIC DEFENDER; Generally, LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Prosecutors
Common questions
- What is HB1025?
- HB1025 is a bill in the Indiana Legislature (2026 Regular Session): County policies.
- What does HB1025 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government. 1.
- What is the status of HB1025?
- Passed one chamber as of February 25, 2026. Latest action: House dissented from Senate amendments (February 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1025?
- Alex Zimmerman (R, HD-067), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1025?
- On the Indiana Legislature website: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1025
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