---
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).