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HB1398 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning agriculture and animals.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning agriculture and animals.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Beau Baird
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
House Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on funding availability or farmer participation requirements.

Indiana Agriculture Programs Act

This act creates two new programs in Indiana: one for promoting pork products and another for promoting soybeans, but only if there are no federal assessments.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a pork market development program to help promote pork products.
  • Creates a soybean market development program to help promote soybeans.
  • Requires the Indiana Pork Producers Association, Inc., to run the pork program.
  • Requires the Indiana Soybean Alliance to run the soybean program.
  • Establishes rules and procedures for both programs.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Farmers who raise pigs or grow soybeans in Indiana
  • The Indiana Pork Producers Association, Inc., and the Indiana Soybean Alliance

Terms To Know

Market Development Program
A program that helps sell more of a product by promoting it.
Assessments
Money collected from farmers to fund programs like market development.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The pork and soybean programs only start if there are no federal assessments for these products.
  • It is not clear how much money will be available for the programs.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB1398.01.INTR.AMH01

Committee Introduced House Bill (H) • Representative Beau Baird

Filed

Plain English: The amendment proposes to add a new section in the Indiana Code related to agriculture and animals, specifically concerning pork assessments.

  • Adds a new section to the Indiana Code regarding pork assessments.
  • The official text does not provide details about what specific changes or additions this new section will include.
HB1398.01.INTR.AMH03

Committee Introduced House Bill (H) • Representative Beau Baird

Filed

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section to the Indiana Code that deals with soybean market development.

  • Adds a new section to the Indiana Code concerning agriculture and animals, focusing on soybean market development.
  • The specific details of how soybean market development will be handled are not provided in the amendment text.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture

  2. 2026-01-23 House

    Referred to the Senate

  3. 2026-01-22 House

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 83: yeas 91, nays 0

  4. 2026-01-22 House

    Senate sponsors: Senators Leising, Clark

  5. 2026-01-22 House

    Representative Manning added as coauthor

  6. 2026-01-20 House

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  7. 2026-01-15 House

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  8. 2026-01-15 House

    Representatives Heine, Moed added as coauthors

  9. 2026-01-08 House

    Authored by Representative Baird

  10. 2026-01-08 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning agriculture and animals.
Agricultural programs.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning agriculture and animals.

Agricultural programs.

Creates the pork market development program (pork program) and the soybean market development program (soybean program). Specifies that the pork program and soybean program apply only if assessments are not levied and collected under federal law. Requires the Indiana Pork Producers Association, Inc., to administer the pork program and the Indiana Soybean Alliance to administer the soybean program. Establishes various procedures and requirements for operating the pork program and the soybean program. Makes technical corrections.