Indiana Senate Bill 249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on May 5 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-05 - Public Law 202
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Agricultural matters. Authorizes the department of agriculture (department) to establish a farm commodities and market news service as a pilot program for the 2015-2017 biennium. Authorizes the department to expand the program beginning July 1, 2017. Provides that a program established by the department must be funded from the livestock industry promotion and development fund. Allows the feeding of garbage to swine if the garbage is treated to kill disease organisms in accordance with rules adopted by the Indiana Board of Animal Health (board) and the processing occurs at a facility operated by a person holding a valid license issued

Agricultural matters. Authorizes the department of agriculture (department) to establish a farm commodities and market news service as a pilot program for the 2015-2017 biennium. Authorizes the department to expand the program beginning July 1, 2017. Provides that a program established by the department must be funded from the livestock industry promotion and development fund. Allows the feeding of garbage to swine if the garbage is treated to kill disease organisms in accordance with rules adopted by the Indiana Board of Animal Health (board) and the processing occurs at a facility operated by a person holding a valid license issued

Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Mark Messmer [R]	Rep. Donald Lehe [R]
Rep. James Baird [R]	Rep. Melanie Wright [D]

2015-04-29 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 (Y: 26 N: 22 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-04-29 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 (Y: 93 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2015-04-27 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 91 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2015-04-27 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 21 N: 27 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2015-03-23 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 89 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2015-03-12 - House - House Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-02-09 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 46 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-02-02 - Senate - Senate Committee on Agriculture - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-05	Senate	Public Law 202
2015-05-05	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2015-05-04	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2015-05-04	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2015-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2015-04-29	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 551: yeas 26, nays 22
2015-04-29	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the House; Roll Call 577: yeas 93, nays 1
2015-04-29	Senate	Senator Hershman added as conferee
2015-04-29	Senate	Senator Breaux removed as conferee
2015-04-28	Senate	Senator Mrvan removed as conferee
2015-04-28	Senate	Senator Breaux added as conferee
2015-04-27	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: rejected by the Senate; Roll Call 505: yeas 21, nays 27
2015-04-27	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 533: yeas 91, nays 3
2015-04-14	House	House Advisors appointed: Baird, Friend and Niezgodski
2015-04-14	House	House Conferees appointed: Lehe and Wright
2015-04-02	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2015-04-02	Senate	Concurrrence withdrawn
2015-04-02	Senate	Senate Advisors appointed: Glick, Randolph and Houchin
2015-04-02	Senate	Senate Conferees appointed: Leising and Mrvan
2015-04-02	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2015-03-30	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2015-03-24	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2015-03-23	House	Representative Wright added as cosponsor
2015-03-23	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 89, nays 3
2015-03-19	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-03-16	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-03-02	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
2015-02-16	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-02-09	Senate	Representative Baird added as cosponsor
2015-02-09	Senate	Senator Messmer added as third author
2015-02-09	Senate	Senator Glick added as second author
2015-02-09	Senate	Representative Lehe added as sponsor
2015-02-09	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 106: yeas 46, nays 3
2015-02-05	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-02-03	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-01-06	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture
2015-01-06	Senate	Authored by Senator Leising

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/249/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/5/7/3/5573154e/SB0249.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/4/4/c/544c8c26/SB0249.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/d/6/03d67464/SB0249.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/c/c/a/eccab91d/SB0249.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/4/4/9/f449381e/SB0249.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/2/5/3/b2531a5e/SB0249.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/c/0/e/7c0efaa9/SB0249.04.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/e/e/d5ee99a5/SB0249.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/3/f/4/63f416bd/SB0249.106.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/7/2/b572e8f3/SB0249.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/2/7/b/f27bf213/SB0249.308.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/7/2/8e72613c/SB0249.505.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/8/e/a/c8eacf00/SB0249.533.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/d/1/5/5d1576c6/SB0249.577.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/f/6/7/6f67c4b0/SB0249.551.pdf