republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1248.md

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Bill	Direct contact with specified animals.	Prohibits a person that owns or possesses a specified animal from allowing a member of the public to come into direct contact, or enter into a proximity that allows for or permits direct contact, with the specified animal. Prohibits the department of natural resources from adopting a rule to designate additional specified animals. Requires that a person who owns a specified animal must have a commercial animal dealer, breeder, or exhibitor's license issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Provides that a violation of the law is a Class B infraction. Excludes from the substance of the bill physical contact or proximity between certain persons and a specified animal. Defines terms.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2022	HB 1248	Indiana HB 1248 (2022)	bill	ANIMALS (other than Livestock) CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally NATURAL RESOURCES State Department of	enacted	Blake Doriot David Abbott Mike Bohacek	6	24	0	2022-01-06	2022-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/681b88ac-f758-4485-b781-5e2e25cdf9a1	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1248	bc149b6f227058495204350566f86ed2cbcf5a824596f7f34f7efadda67e07ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1248 (2022) — Direct contact with specified animals.

Prohibits a person that owns or possesses a specified animal from allowing a member of the public to come into direct contact, or enter into a proximity that allows for or permits direct contact, with the specified animal. Prohibits the department of natural resources from adopting a rule to designate additional specified animals. Requires that a person who owns a specified animal must have a commercial animal dealer, breeder, or exhibitor's license issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Provides that a violation of the law is a Class B infraction. Excludes from the substance of the bill physical contact or proximity between certain persons and a specified animal. Defines terms.

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• David Abbott — primary (person)
• Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
• Chris Campbell — coauthor (person)
• Pat Boy — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-06 Coauthored by Representative Campbell
• 2022-01-06 Authored by Representative Abbott
• 2022-01-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-01-25 Representative Boy added as coauthor
• 2022-01-26 Amendment #1 (Abbott) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-01-26 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-01-27 Senate sponsor: Senator Doriot
• 2022-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 125: yeas 68, nays 27 passage, reading-3
• 2022-01-28 Referred to the Senate
• 2022-02-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2022-02-14 Amendment #1 (Doriot) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2022-02-14 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor
• 2022-02-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 203: yeas 43, nays 4 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-16 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2022-02-21 Motion to concur filed
• 2022-02-22 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 249: yeas 66, nays 26 amendment-failure
• 2022-03-01 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2022-03-01 Signed by the Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2022-03-11 Public Law 96
• 2022-03-11 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/681b88ac-f758-4485-b781-5e2e25cdf9a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).