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SB230 • 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
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Jean Leising
Last action
2026-02-24
Official status
Enrolled Senate Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Changes to Soil and Conservation Boards

This law amends how soil and conservation boards operate in Indiana, removes reporting rules for landfill inspections, and stops funding for districts that do not submit financial reports on time.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the need for people who inspect landfills to give their report to a special division of soil conservation.
  • Makes sure that if a district does not send its yearly money report by March 31, it will lose funding until it sends the report.
  • Gets rid of the Indiana Land Resource Council.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Soil and conservation boards in Indiana
  • People who inspect landfills
  • Districts that do not send their yearly financial reports on time

Terms To Know

soil and conservation board
A group of people who work to protect soil and natural resources in a specific area.
landfill
An area where waste is buried underground.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the amount of funding that will be withheld from districts failing to submit financial reports on time.
  • It's unclear what happens to the work previously handled by the Indiana Land Resource Council after its repeal.

Amendments

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

SB0230.02.COMS.AMS01

Committee Senate Bill (S) • Senator Ryan Mishler

Filed

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section to the Indiana Code that specifically mentions the Indiana Future Farmers of America (FFA).

  • Adds a new section in the Indiana Code to recognize and support the Indiana FFA.
  • The exact details of how this recognition will be implemented are not provided in the amendment text.
  • It is unclear what specific benefits or responsibilities come with adding this mention to the code.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Public Law 14

  3. 2026-02-19 Senate

    Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. 2026-02-18 House

    Signed by the Speaker

  5. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. 2026-02-11 House

    Returned to the Senate without amendments

  7. 2026-02-10 House

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 233: yeas 95, nays 0

  8. 2026-02-09 House

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  9. 2026-02-05 House

    Committee report: do pass, adopted

  10. 2026-02-05 House

    Representative Baird added as cosponsor

  11. 2026-01-29 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

  12. 2026-01-28 Senate

    Referred to the House

  13. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 114: yeas 45, nays 0

  14. 2026-01-27 Senate

    House sponsor: Representative Aylesworth

  15. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Cosponsor: Representative Culp

  16. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  17. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  18. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Senator Alexander added as coauthor

  19. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Senator Glick added as second author

  20. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Senator Byrne added as third author

  21. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

  22. 2026-01-08 Senate

    Authored by Senator Leising

  23. 2026-01-08 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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

Department of agriculture.

Makes various amendments to the role of supervisors on soil and conservation boards. Removes a requirement that an individual who conducted an inspection of a landfill in a soil and conservation district (district) submit a copy of the report to the division of soil conservation. Provides that a district that fails to provide a copy of each annual financial statement of the district to the soil conservation board by March 31 shall have its funding withheld until the requirements are satisfied. Repeals the Indiana land resource council.