republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1147.md

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Bill	Seed tests.	Requires the state seed commissioner to charge fees for testing seed for purity and germination that are commensurate with fees that are standard in the seed testing industry. Repeals certain requirements for agricultural seed in packages that are not more than one pound. Provides that $25 is the minimum fee to register pure or mixed cultures of microorganisms and materials with the state chemist. Allows the state chemist to adopt rules to establish fees that are necessary for the administration of certain laws concerning the sale and transfer of plant cultures, including costs of inspections, registration of products, and product analysis. Voids rules concerning fees for seed analysis, testing, and examination.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1147	Indiana HB 1147 (2022)	bill	AGRICULTURE generally AGRICULTURE Farm Products and Commodities AGRICULTURE State Agencies and Programs	enacted	Don Lehe Jean Leising Susan Glick	4	19	1	2022-01-06	2022-03-07	openstates	ocd-bill/28e9b0b7-6b8e-4dc4-87dd-a0319eea918d	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1147	16d7457f8ef1417cf14785935ca0d6e380605c93b5b0c6864c112f888da1a22d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1147 (2022) — Seed tests.

Requires the state seed commissioner to charge fees for testing seed for purity and germination that are commensurate with fees that are standard in the seed testing industry. Repeals certain requirements for agricultural seed in packages that are not more than one pound. Provides that $25 is the minimum fee to register pure or mixed cultures of microorganisms and materials with the state chemist. Allows the state chemist to adopt rules to establish fees that are necessary for the administration of certain laws concerning the sale and transfer of plant cultures, including costs of inspections, registration of products, and product analysis. Voids rules concerning fees for seed analysis, testing, and examination.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1147 - Leising - 3rd Reading — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Lehe — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
• Mike Aylesworth — coauthor (person)
• Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06 Authored by Representative Lehe
• 2022-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-10 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-10 Representatives Aylesworth, Cherry, Thompson added as coauthors
• 2022-01-12 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-13 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 86, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-13 Senate sponsor: Senator Leising
• 2022-01-14 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-14 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-17 Senator Glick added as second sponsor
• 2022-02-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 217: yeas 47, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2022-02-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-02-24 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-07 Public Law 33
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-07 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28e9b0b7-6b8e-4dc4-87dd-a0319eea918d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).