Files
2026-07-06 17:27:20 -04:00

90 lines
4.8 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enforcement of pesticide violations."
description: "Provides a list of violations for which the state chemist may impose a civil penalty. Eliminates the schedule of civil penalties as adopted by the Indiana pesticide review board. (Under current law, the state chemist imposes a civil penalty in accordance with a schedule of civil penalties as adopted by the Indiana pesticide review board.) Provides that the state chemist may adjust a civil penalty by 20% for certain violations if a person responsible for the violation takes mitigating actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Indiana SB 227 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE generally", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "Penalties", "ENVIRONMENT generally", "HORTICULTURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Lehe", "Jean Leising", "Susan Glick", "Timothy Lanane"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f79f766f-23ee-4ec8-9403-9981ac1369eb"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/227"
source_hash: "38d228665502a2419c578e79125003c50f2778285fc61f5ad63219382cf545e7"
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 227 (2021) — Enforcement of pesticide violations.
Provides a list of violations for which the state chemist may impose a civil penalty. Eliminates the schedule of civil penalties as adopted by the Indiana pesticide review board. (Under current law, the state chemist imposes a civil penalty in accordance with a schedule of civil penalties as adopted by the Indiana pesticide review board.) Provides that the state chemist may adjust a civil penalty by 20% for certain violations if a person responsible for the violation takes mitigating actions.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0227/versions/SB0227.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0227/versions/SB0227.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0227/versions/SB0227.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0227/versions/SB0227.02.COMS)
## Votes
- SB 227 - Lehe - 3rd Reading — **914** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Don Lehe — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Timothy Lanane — primary (person)
- J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-07** Authored by Senator Leising
- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 13: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** Senator Glick added as second author
- **2021-01-25** House sponsor: Representative Lehe
- **2021-01-25** Cosponsor: Representative Prescott
- **2021-01-26** Senator Lanane added as third author
- **2021-01-26** Referred to the House
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 91, nays 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15** Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-29** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-01** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 318: yeas 48, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-01** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-19** Public Law 76
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-19** 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/f79f766f-23ee-4ec8-9403-9981ac1369eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).