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79 lines
5.6 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Agricultural emergency procedures."
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description: "Amends the powers of the board of animal health (board) to allow cooperation with animal owners and law enforcement to plan for, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all hazard emergencies in Indiana. Allows the board to delegate the duty to adopt emergency rules to the state veterinarian. Amends the board's emergency powers to take certain actions if an emergency event has occurred or a disease or pest in animal products presents a health hazard. Allows the board to issue emergency orders. Allows the board to facilitate the prompt disposal of animals in an emergency event. Provides that an animal may be buried on the owner's premises according to standards approved by the board. Allows the board to adopt rules restricting animal disposal methods in order to control disease and pests in animals and chemical or radiological substances. Allows the state egg board to adopt emergency rules when there is a declared emergency or sudden disruption that affects the commerce of eggs. Allows for service of notice in administrative hearings. Amends the authorization to use electrocution under the criminal statutes concerning offenses against animals."
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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 1420"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1420 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "Farm Products and Commodities", "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Don Lehe", "Jean Leising"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-14"
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last_action: "2021-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/777a0d22-c1ef-40f1-82db-a3ad5b5d4e06"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1420"
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source_hash: "dde57903224ca9796a58e64f0a8070f500ef9a72b959ebfe13b82d2b23b4a831"
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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 1420 (2021) — Agricultural emergency procedures.
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Amends the powers of the board of animal health (board) to allow cooperation with animal owners and law enforcement to plan for, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all hazard emergencies in Indiana. Allows the board to delegate the duty to adopt emergency rules to the state veterinarian. Amends the board's emergency powers to take certain actions if an emergency event has occurred or a disease or pest in animal products presents a health hazard. Allows the board to issue emergency orders. Allows the board to facilitate the prompt disposal of animals in an emergency event. Provides that an animal may be buried on the owner's premises according to standards approved by the board. Allows the board to adopt rules restricting animal disposal methods in order to control disease and pests in animals and chemical or radiological substances. Allows the state egg board to adopt emergency rules when there is a declared emergency or sudden disruption that affects the commerce of eggs. Allows for service of notice in administrative hearings. Amends the authorization to use electrocution under the criminal statutes concerning offenses against animals.
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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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1420/versions/HB1420.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1420/versions/HB1420.02.COMH)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1420/versions/HB1420.03.COMS)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1420/versions/HB1420.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1420 - Lehe - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
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- Don Lehe — primary (person)
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- Jean Leising — primary (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 Lehe
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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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- **2021-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-02** Senate sponsors: Senators Leising and Buchanan
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- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 55: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-03** Referred to the Senate
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- **2021-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 46, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-23** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2021-03-23** Returned to the House without amendments
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- **2021-03-29** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2021-04-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-08** Public Law 41
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- **2021-04-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/777a0d22-c1ef-40f1-82db-a3ad5b5d4e06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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