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SB55 • 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 details on funding 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 procedures and requirements for operating these 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.

SB0055.01.INTR.AMS04

Committee Introduced Senate Bill (S) • Senator Jean Leising

Filed

Plain English: The amendment aims to modify the Indiana Code regarding expenditures related to agriculture and animals.

  • Modifies provisions of the Indiana Code concerning expenditures in relation to agriculture and animals.
  • The official text does not provide specific details about what changes will be made to the existing code, making it difficult to explain concrete modifications.
SB0055.01.INTR.AMS05

Committee Introduced Senate Bill (S) • Senator Jean Leising

Filed

Plain English: The amendment adds a new section to 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 requirements this new section will include.
SB0055.02.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, making it hard to explain exactly how they will change current practices.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Public Law 8

  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 236: yeas 94, nays 1

  8. 2026-02-10 House

    Representatives Manning, Moed added as cosponsors

  9. 2026-02-09 House

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  10. 2026-02-05 House

    Committee report: do pass, adopted

  11. 2026-01-28 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

  12. 2026-01-23 Senate

    Referred to the House

  13. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Senator Alting added as coauthor

  14. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  15. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 36: yeas 46, nays 1

  16. 2026-01-20 Senate

    House sponsor: Representative Baird

  17. 2026-01-20 Senate

    Cosponsor: Representative Aylesworth

  18. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  19. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote

  20. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Senator Glick added as second author

  21. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Senator Clark added as third author

  22. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  23. 2026-01-08 Senate

    Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor

  24. 2025-12-08 Senate

    Authored by Senator Leising

  25. 2025-12-08 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.
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.~