Indiana Senate Bill 516 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-4)
Status: Passed on May 2 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-02 - Public Law 190
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Regulation of hemp. Establishes the Indiana hemp advisory committee (committee) to provide advice to the office of the state seed commissioner (commissioner) regarding Indiana's hemp laws. Sunsets the committee on July 1, 2021. Prohibits the commissioner from regulating a hemp product. Changes references from "industrial hemp" to "hemp" and amends the definition of hemp. Adds a definition of "hemp product". Allows for aerial inspection of hemp crops. Removes the limitation on the number of inspections that the state police department may conduct on a licensed hemp operation. Allows the commissioner to perform a criminal background check of an applicant for

Regulation of hemp. Establishes the Indiana hemp advisory committee (committee) to provide advice to the office of the state seed commissioner (commissioner) regarding Indiana's hemp laws. Sunsets the committee on July 1, 2021. Prohibits the commissioner from regulating a hemp product. Changes references from "industrial hemp" to "hemp" and amends the definition of hemp. Adds a definition of "hemp product". Allows for aerial inspection of hemp crops. Removes the limitation on the number of inspections that the state police department may conduct on a licensed hemp operation. Allows the commissioner to perform a criminal background check of an applicant for

Sen. Randall Head [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Clyde Perfect [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]
Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]	Sen. Victoria Spartz [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Rep. Sean Eberhart [R]
Rep. Michael Karickhoff [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]	Rep. Sheila Klinker [D]

2019-04-24 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 39 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-04-24 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 94 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-04-09 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 85 N: 10 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2019-04-04 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-25 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-02	Senate	Public Law 190
2019-05-02	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-29	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-24	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-24	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 627: yeas 94, nays 3
2019-04-24	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 591: yeas 39, nays 9
2019-04-23	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2019-04-23	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2019-04-15	House	House advisors appointed: Lehe, Prescott, Baird, Lucas, Heine, Goodin and Wright
2019-04-15	House	House conferees appointed: Eberhart and Klinker
2019-04-11	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Doriot, Ford J.D., Perfect and Niezgodski
2019-04-11	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Head and Tallian
2019-04-11	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2019-04-11	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2019-04-11	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2019-04-09	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 450: yeas 85, nays 10
2019-04-08	House	Amendment #4 (Lucas) prevailed; Division of the House: yeas 49, nays 47
2019-04-08	House	Amendment #2 (Eberhart) prevailed; voice vote
2019-04-08	House	Amendment #1 (Eberhart) prevailed; voice vote
2019-04-08	House	Amendment #3 (Lehe) prevailed; voice vote
2019-04-08	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-04-04	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-03-05	House	Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
2019-03-05	House	Representative Lehe removed as cosponsor
2019-03-05	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
2019-02-26	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-02-25	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Lehe, Karickhoff and Manning
2019-02-25	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Eberhart
2019-02-25	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 196: yeas 47, nays 1
2019-02-21	Senate	Senator Raatz added as coauthor
2019-02-21	Senate	Amendment #2 (Head) prevailed; voice vote
2019-02-21	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-02-04	Senate	Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
2019-01-31	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-01-31	Senate	Senator Spartz added as coauthor
2019-01-28	Senate	Senator Stoops added as coauthor
2019-01-28	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Glick added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Buck added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Perfect added as third author
2019-01-14	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2019-01-14	Senate	Senator Doriot added as second author
2019-01-14	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
2019-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Head

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/516/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/e/d/e/2ede176d/SB0516.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/c/0/e8c06133/SB0516.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/a/6/6/6a665fa8/SB0516.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/4/4/d/944d07c1/SB0516.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/6/4/9/36493164/SB0516.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/5/1/9/b51975cf/SB0516.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/e/b/b/eebb29fe/SB0516.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/3/0/5/6305e0db/SB0516.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/0/0/72002891/SB0516.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/2/c/c/32cc6891/SB0516.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/6/9/8/d6981537/SB0516.06.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/7/2/e/472e9988/SB0516.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/b/9/b/7b9b9483/SB0516.196.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/c/d/3/dcd38b75/SB0516.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/0/c/460c1d59/SB0516.450.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/6/d/2a6d982f/SB0516.627.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/7/e/c/a7ecdca3/SB0516.591.pdf