---
type: "Bill"
title: "State chemist."
description: "Codifies animal food administrative rules. Defines or amends certain terms. Codifies certain requirements and processes for commercial feed and pet food with respect to: (1) label format; (2) label information; (3) express guarantees; (4) suitability; (5) ingredients; (6) directions for use and precautionary statements; (7) nonprotein nitrogen; (8) drug and feed additives; (9) adulterants; (10) good manufacturing practices; (11) payment of inspection fees; (12) interstate exclusion; and (13) commercial feed licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Indiana SB 249 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Natural Resources (DNR)", "AGRICULTURE; Food and Food Processing", "AGRICULTURE; Generally", "AGRICULTURE; Livestock", "ANIMALS; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jean Leising", "Kendell Culp", "Scott Alexander", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3f3bf5-53fe-420d-a527-76ca44d90067"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0249"
source_hash: "604fdc32a829b5bbbc7e649b266319dfa4add4ac81fd40dbe4a07f14ad94ac60"
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 249 (2026) — State chemist.

Codifies animal food administrative rules. Defines or amends certain terms. Codifies certain requirements and processes for commercial feed and pet food with respect to: (1) label format; (2) label information; (3) express guarantees; (4) suitability; (5) ingredients; (6) directions for use and precautionary statements; (7) nonprotein nitrogen; (8) drug and feed additives; (9) adulterants; (10) good manufacturing practices; (11) payment of inspection fees; (12) interstate exclusion; and (13) commercial feed licenses.

## 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/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0249/SB0249.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0249/SB0249.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0249/SB0249.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0249/SB0249.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 249 - Culp - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 249 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Kendell Culp — primary (person)
- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Authored by Senator Leising
- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Senator Glick added as second author
- **2026-01-15** Senator Alexander added as third author
- **2026-01-15** Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21** House sponsor: Representative Culp
- **2026-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 40: yeas 46, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-21** Cosponsor: Representative Aylesworth
- **2026-01-22** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 231: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Public Law 16 `became-law`
- **2026-02-24** 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/ba3f3bf5-53fe-420d-a527-76ca44d90067`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).