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HB2306 • 2025

Allows a county court or board of county commissioners in any county to establish a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat.

Allows a county court or board of county commissioners in any county to establish a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Mannix,, Evans,, Senator Thatcher,, Representative Andersen,, Diehl,, Senator Gelser Blouin,, Patterson, Representative Lewis,, Senator Manning Jr,
Last action
2025-07-25
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-07-25 House

    Chapter 374, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

  2. 2025-06-24 House

    Governor signed.

  3. 2025-06-17 House

    Speaker signed.

  4. 2025-06-17 Senate

    President signed.

  5. 2025-06-13 House

    House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 39; Nays, 1--Nathanson; Excused, 20--Boshart Davis, Diehl, Elmer, Helfrich, Javadi, Levy B, Lewis, McIntire, Nguyen H, Osborne, Reschke, Ruiz, Scharf, Skarlatos, Sosa, Tran, Wallan, Walters, Wright, Yunker.

  6. 2025-06-11 Senate

    Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. Ayes, 22; Excused, 8--Gorsek, Lieber, Meek, Nash, Pham, Robinson, Starr, Weber.

  7. 2025-06-10 Senate

    Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.

  8. 2025-06-09 Senate

    Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.

  9. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.

  10. 2025-06-04 Senate

    Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.

  11. 2025-06-03 Senate

    Second reading.

  12. 2025-06-02 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)

  13. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Work Session held.

  14. 2025-05-19 Senate

    Work Session held.

  15. 2025-05-07 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  16. 2025-04-21 Senate

    Referred to Judiciary.

  17. 2025-04-16 Senate

    First reading. Referred to President's desk.

  18. 2025-04-15 House

    Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. Ayes, 54; Nays, 2--Harbick, Yunker; Excused, 3--Cate, Nguyen H, Walters; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Speaker Fahey.

  19. 2025-04-14 House

    Second reading.

  20. 2025-04-10 House

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.

  21. 2025-04-07 House

    Work Session held.

  22. 2025-03-26 House

    Public Hearing held.

  23. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Judiciary.

  24. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act lets any county have a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat. The Act ups a charge for getting married and indexes it to the CPI. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.9).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act lets Marion County have a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat. The Act ups a charge for getting married and indexes it to the CPI. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2).</i>]
Allows [<i>the Marion County</i>] <b>a county court or</b> board of county commissioners <b>in any county</b> to establish a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat.
Increases the personal payment that may be charged for marriage solemnization and directs the State Court Administrator to adjust the payment amount to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index.
Relating to: Relating to courts.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned