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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Study of community or urban microfarming."
+description: "Requires the department of agriculture (department) to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of establishing community or urban microfarm zones statewide. Requires the department to submit a report to the general assembly containing certain findings and recommendations not later than December 1, 2027."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 164"
+citation: "Indiana SB 164 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Agriculture (ISDA)", "AGRICULTURE; Crops", "AGRICULTURE; Generally", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally", "HIGHER EDUCATION; Colleges and Universities (Including Ivy Tech)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Tomes", "Jean Leising", "Julie Olthoff", "Mark Spencer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-05"
+last_action: "2026-03-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/922c2c49-715f-4333-a6dd-086ebaa35da8"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0164"
+source_hash: "1362f506da5355ad3c96e0801d54e88c3bbf22d33533f6738c01a433459c653c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 164 (2026) — Study of community or urban microfarming.
+
+Requires the department of agriculture (department) to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of establishing community or urban microfarm zones statewide. Requires the department to submit a report to the general assembly containing certain findings and recommendations not later than December 1, 2027.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0164/SB0164.04.ENRH.pdf)
+2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0164/SB0164.01.INTR.pdf)
+3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0164/SB0164.02.COMS.pdf)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0164/SB0164.03.COMH.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 164 - Spencer - 3rd Reading — **44–4** (pass) · upper
+- SB 164 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — **88–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Tomes — primary (person)
+- Jean Leising — primary (person)
+- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
+- Mark Spencer — primary (person)
+- Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
+- Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
+- Earl Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
+- John Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
+- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-05** Authored by Senator Spencer
+- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-22** Senator Tomes added as second author
+- **2026-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-28** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-28** Senators Glick, Yoder, Clark added as coauthors
+- **2026-01-28** Senator Leising added as third author
+- **2026-01-28** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 44, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-29** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2026-01-29** Cosponsor: Representative Harris
+- **2026-01-29** House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
+- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Representative Cash added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-12** Representative Bartlett added as cosponsor
+- **2026-02-19** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 344: yeas 88, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
+- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Public Law 71 `became-law`
+- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/922c2c49-715f-4333-a6dd-086ebaa35da8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+