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SB249 • 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

The official source material does not provide specific details on penalties, transition plans, or exact requirements for labels, ingredients, safety standards, and licensing.

Indiana Animal Food Rules Act

This act updates Indiana's laws about animal food by codifying rules for labels, ingredients, safety standards, manufacturing practices, licensing, and inspection fees.

What This Bill Does

  • Codifies administrative rules for commercial feed and pet food regarding label format and information.
  • Establishes requirements for express guarantees on product labels.
  • Sets standards for the suitability of animal food products.
  • Defines or amends terms related to ingredients, directions for use, nonprotein nitrogen, drug and feed additives, adulterants, good manufacturing practices, payment of inspection fees, interstate exclusion, and commercial feed licenses.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Companies that make or sell animal food products

Terms To Know

Express guarantees
Specific promises about the content of a product, like how much protein is in pet food.
Adulterants
Substances that make animal feed unsafe or less effective.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify penalties for breaking the new rules.
  • It's unclear how existing companies will transition to meet the new requirements.

Amendments

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

SB0249.02.COMS.AMS001

Filed Senate Bill (S) • Senator Jean Leising

Passed

Plain English: This amendment changes the Indiana Code to add new requirements for agricultural operations involving animals.

  • Adds new rules for animal welfare in agriculture.
  • The official text does not provide specific details about what these new rules entail, so it's unclear exactly how they will affect current practices.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Public Law 16

  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 231: yeas 96, nays 0

  8. 2026-02-09 House

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  9. 2026-02-05 House

    Committee report: do pass, adopted

  10. 2026-01-28 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

  11. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Referred to the House

  12. 2026-01-21 Senate

    House sponsor: Representative Culp

  13. 2026-01-21 Senate

    Cosponsor: Representative Aylesworth

  14. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 40: yeas 46, nays 0

  15. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  16. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote

  17. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Senator Glick added as second author

  18. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Senator Alexander added as third author

  19. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Committee report: do pass, adopted

  20. 2026-01-08 Senate

    Authored by Senator Leising

  21. 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.
State chemist.

Current Bill Text

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

State chemist.

Codifies animal food administrative rules. Defines or amends certain terms. Codifies certain requirements and processes for commercial feed and pet food with respect to: (1) label format; (2) label information; (3) express guarantees; (4) suitability; (5) ingredients; (6) directions for use and precautionary statements; (7) nonprotein nitrogen; (8) drug and feed additives; (9) adulterants; (10) good manufacturing practices; (11) payment of inspection fees; (12) interstate exclusion; and (13) commercial feed licenses.