---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inspection of CFOs."
description: "Requires the department of environmental management (department) to conduct an onsite inspection of a confined feeding operation (CFO) once within 45 days of an initial approval and once within 90 days of a renewal of an approval to verify compliance with certain requirements. Allows the department to conduct complaint based onsite inspections of a confined feeding operation at the department's discretion without providing notice. Provides that the department may delay an inspection of a CFO if the department determines that the additional time is needed to comply with the biosecurity procedures developed by the department. Provides that additional onsite inspections of a CFO may be conducted if there is a substantial need for the inspection. Provides that an onsite inspection of a CFO must be conducted in compliance with certain rules and procedures. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 193"
citation: "Indiana SB 193 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Board of Animal Health (BOAH)", "AGENCIES; Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)", "AGRICULTURE; Agricultural Commodities and Products", "AGRICULTURE; Generally", "ENVIRONMENT; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Dernulc", "Mike Aylesworth", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af5e120-df17-4a60-9d57-2add498b6c85"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0193"
source_hash: "b77461392f1928b09068836a42dbef05aef4d7491f22f16ded437e1476d7dd17"
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 193 (2025) — Inspection of CFOs.

Requires the department of environmental management (department) to conduct an onsite inspection of a confined feeding operation (CFO) once within 45 days of an initial approval and once within 90 days of a renewal of an approval to verify compliance with certain requirements. Allows the department to conduct complaint based onsite inspections of a confined feeding operation at the department's discretion without providing notice. Provides that the department may delay an inspection of a CFO if the department determines that the additional time is needed to comply with the biosecurity procedures developed by the department. Provides that additional onsite inspections of a CFO may be conducted if there is a substantial need for the inspection. Provides that an onsite inspection of a CFO must be conducted in compliance with certain rules and procedures. Makes conforming amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0193/SB0193.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0193/SB0193.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0193/SB0193.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0193/SB0193.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 193 - Niemeyer — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 193 - Aylesworth - 3rd Reading — **79–9** (pass) · lower
- SB 193 - Niemeyer - 3rd Reading — **44–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Tim Yocum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Niemeyer
- **2025-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06** Placed back on second reading
- **2025-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2025-02-11** Amendment #1 (Niemeyer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 124: yeas 44, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** House sponsor: Representative Aylesworth
- **2025-02-13** Senator Dernulc added as second author
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Representative Hamilton added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Representatives Yocum and Jackson C added as cosponsors
- **2025-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 398: yeas 79, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 480: yeas 47, nays 2
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 192 `became-law`
- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7af5e120-df17-4a60-9d57-2add498b6c85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).