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Conference report for House Bill 11-44 would add 8 courts, remove 9 in bid to rebalance state judicial resources
Summary
A conference committee report on House Bill 11-44 would add eight new judicial positions while removing nine elsewhere, a net change of minus one, based on Supreme Court weighted caseload metrics and a new emphasis on one‑for‑one adjustments when adding courts.
House Bill 11-44, considered today by the Indiana House Rules Committee, would add eight new judicial posts and subtract nine others under a conference committee agreement that aims to shift courts to areas shown by the Supreme Court’s weighted caseload metrics to need them.
Representative Clay Jeter, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the changes reflect a new approach of pairing additions with subtractions where caseloads and county populations no longer justify an existing court. “This conference committee on House Bill 11-44 adds 8 new courts and subtracts 9,” Jeter said, adding that the change produces “a total net 1” and that stakeholders — including…
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