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type: "Bill"
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title: "Testing and reporting of diseased animals."
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description: "Provides that a veterinarian, owner, caretaker, or custodian of an animal who knows or suspects that an animal has a disease or condition declared reportable by the state board of animal health (board) must report the existence of the disease or condition to the state veterinarian or local health officer not later than 24 hours after discovering the occurrence or suspected occurrence of the disease or condition. (Currently, they have 48 hours to report a disease.) Provides that a laboratory or animal health professional shall report: (1) the type of test performed; and (2) positive diagnoses for certain diseases; not later than 24 hours after a test renders a positive diagnosis. Authorizes the board to adopt rules it considers necessary to carry out the reporting of diseases and conditions. Provides that the board may issue notice by electronic mail."
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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: "SB 53"
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citation: "Indiana SB 53 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "Farm Products and Commodities", "ANIMALS (other than Livestock)", "HEALTH", "Disease Control", "VETERINARIANS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Don Lehe", "Jean Leising", "Susan Glick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-04"
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last_action: "2021-04-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa7d779e-7588-44e8-aae6-7fe9b8076f45"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/53"
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source_hash: "086ad1c74c7e7bf02ab1ca1e5557440df01eb02d3ef51e299b04d9b165667a0b"
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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 SB 53 (2021) — Testing and reporting of diseased animals.
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Provides that a veterinarian, owner, caretaker, or custodian of an animal who knows or suspects that an animal has a disease or condition declared reportable by the state board of animal health (board) must report the existence of the disease or condition to the state veterinarian or local health officer not later than 24 hours after discovering the occurrence or suspected occurrence of the disease or condition. (Currently, they have 48 hours to report a disease.) Provides that a laboratory or animal health professional shall report: (1) the type of test performed; and (2) positive diagnoses for certain diseases; not later than 24 hours after a test renders a positive diagnosis. Authorizes the board to adopt rules it considers necessary to carry out the reporting of diseases and conditions. Provides that the board may issue notice by electronic mail.
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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 Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0053/versions/SB0053.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0053/versions/SB0053.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0053/versions/SB0053.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0053/versions/SB0053.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 53 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Don Lehe — primary (person)
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- Jean Leising — primary (person)
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- Susan Glick — primary (person)
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- J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-04** Authored by Senator Leising
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- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-14** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-14** Senator Glick added as second author
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- **2021-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 9: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-25** House sponsor: Representative Lehe
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- **2021-01-25** Cosponsor: Representative Prescott
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- **2021-01-26** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2021-01-26** Referred to the House
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- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-11** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-11** Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
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- **2021-03-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 255: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-16** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2021-03-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2021-03-23** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2021-03-31** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-01** Public Law 5
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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/aa7d779e-7588-44e8-aae6-7fe9b8076f45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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