---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural matters."
description: "Requires the department of agriculture to conduct an economic impact study that includes an analysis of the economic value to communities of every acre of farmland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1417"
citation: "Indiana HB 1417 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Agriculture (ISDA)", "AGRICULTURE; Generally", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beau Baird", "Blake Doriot", "Jean Leising"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8478a74b-645a-47ea-ac60-55aa5fac5968"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1417"
source_hash: "0c8fd77300ff6afe9107130d8fbc3bcb1ed57ec14a2be5cf0b742b409cc1bf26"
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 HB 1417 (2024) — Agricultural matters.

Requires the department of agriculture to conduct an economic impact study that includes an analysis of the economic value to communities of every acre of farmland.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1417/HB1417.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1417/HB1417.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1417/HB1417.03.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1417/HB1417.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1417 - Baird - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1417 - Baird — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1417 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beau Baird — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Chuck Goodrich — coauthor (person)
- Kendell Culp — coauthor (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-16** Coauthored by Representatives Aylesworth and Culp
- **2024-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Authored by Representative Baird
- **2024-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Representative Goodrich added as coauthor
- **2024-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 128: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Senate sponsor: Senator Leising
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senator Doriot added as second sponsor
- **2024-02-29** Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 294: yeas 93, nays 0
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 165 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8478a74b-645a-47ea-ac60-55aa5fac5968`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).