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type: "Bill"
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title: "Urban agricultural zones."
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description: "Provides that a qualifying farmer may apply to a designating body to have an area designated as an urban agricultural zone. Provides that the term \"urban agricultural zone\" does not include rooftop gardening or farming practices that occur on the top of a building or residential home. Provides that a designating body, before designating an area as an urban agricultural zone, must hold a public hearing and allow for public comment. Provides that a designating body may exempt lands located partially or wholly within an urban agricultural zone from property taxation. Specifies that a designating body may not impose a special benefit tax for public services provided to an urban agricultural zone, unless the designating body imposed the special benefit tax before it designated the area as an urban agricultural zone."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1283"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1283 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "Taxes", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "Redevelopment and Renovation of Urban Areas", "UTILITIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Earl Harris", "Greg Taylor", "Mark Messmer"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2021-01-14"
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last_action: "2021-04-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28c49dad-0ead-451e-987a-de2736780204"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1283"
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source_hash: "bfd73e615eb25b562b428b9693bb05b0a25e3c49a9add314797db0b4a370c1db"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1283 (2021) — Urban agricultural zones.
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Provides that a qualifying farmer may apply to a designating body to have an area designated as an urban agricultural zone. Provides that the term "urban agricultural zone" does not include rooftop gardening or farming practices that occur on the top of a building or residential home. Provides that a designating body, before designating an area as an urban agricultural zone, must hold a public hearing and allow for public comment. Provides that a designating body may exempt lands located partially or wholly within an urban agricultural zone from property taxation. Specifies that a designating body may not impose a special benefit tax for public services provided to an urban agricultural zone, unless the designating body imposed the special benefit tax before it designated the area as an urban agricultural zone.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.03.ENGH)
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2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.06.ENGS)
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3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.07.ENRS)
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4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.02.COMH)
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5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.05.COMS)
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6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.04.COMS)
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7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1283/versions/HB1283.01.INTR)
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
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- Earl Harris — primary (person)
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- Greg Taylor — primary (person)
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- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
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- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
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- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
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- Don Lehe — coauthor (person)
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- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
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- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
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- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Justin Busch — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Maureen Bauer — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Aylesworth — coauthor (person)
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- Timothy Lanane — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Harris
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- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Representatives Bauer M, Lehe, Aylesworth added as coauthors
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- **2021-02-17** Amendment #1 (Harris) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer and Taylor G
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- **2021-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 221: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-23** Referred to the Senate
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- **2021-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
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- **2021-03-22** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-30** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
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- **2021-03-30** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
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- **2021-03-30** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2021-04-01** Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 337: yeas 47, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-05** Senator Buchanan added as third sponsor
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- **2021-04-05** Senators Doriot, Breaux, Lanane, Tomes, Busch added as cosponsors
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- **2021-04-05** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
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- **2021-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-04-08** Motion to concur filed
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- **2021-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 398: yeas 79, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-29** Public Law 188
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28c49dad-0ead-451e-987a-de2736780204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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