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IN HB 1344

died on adjournment

Funding of prosecuting attorney operations.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · lower

Description

Establishes the public prosecution fund and a prosecuting attorney compensation fee (a court fee) of $10 for certain actions and $50 for certain actions which will be deposited in the state general fund. Provides that a county may be reimbursed for certain prosecutorial expenses from the fund, unless the prosecuting attorney in the county is a noncompliant prosecuting attorney. Requires the Indiana prosecuting attorney's council to set standards for reimbursement.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-22 — Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gregory Steuerwaldauthor
  • Garrett Bascomcoauthor
  • Alex Zimmermancoauthor
  • Chris Jetercoauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-06

    First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-06

    Coauthored by Representative Jeter

  3. 2026-01-06

    Authored by Representative Steuerwald

  4. 2026-01-12

    Representatives Zimmerman, Bascom added as coauthors

  5. 2026-01-22

    Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  6. 2026-01-22

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1344

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