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HC17 • 2026

Urging Indiana's federal congressional delegation and the United States government to place price floors for farmers and break up agricultural monopolies.

Urging Indiana's federal congressional delegation and the United States government to place price floors for farmers and break up agricultural monopolies.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Mitch Gore
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
Introduced House Resolution (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify how the resolution would protect small and medium-sized farms.

Urging Support for Farmers

This resolution asks Indiana’s representatives in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. government to set minimum prices for farm products and stop big farming companies from having too much power.

What This Bill Does

  • Asks Indiana's federal representatives to support setting a minimum price for farmers' products.
  • Requests that the U.S. government break up large agricultural companies with too much control over the market.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Large agricultural companies that might have a lot of power in the market.

Terms To Know

Price floors
The lowest price set by law or agreement for goods, which helps protect sellers from selling too cheaply.
Agricultural monopolies
Very large farming companies that control a big part of the market and can influence prices and competition.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This resolution is not a law but a suggestion to other government bodies.
  • It does not say how price floors or breaking up monopolies will be done, only that it should happen.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 House

    Authored by Representative Gore

  2. 2026-02-09 House

    Coauthored by Representatives Bartlett, Campbell, Harris, Jackson C

  3. 2026-02-09 House

    First reading: referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Official Summary Text

Urging Indiana's federal congressional delegation and the United States government to place price floors for farmers and break up agricultural monopolies.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Urging Indiana's federal congressional delegation and the United States government to place price floors for farmers and break up agricultural monopolies.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Indiana's federal congressional delegation and the United States government to place price floors for farmers and break up agricultural monopolies.