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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Seed tests."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 129"
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citation: "Indiana SB 129 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE; INDIANA REGISTER", "AGRICULTURE", "Farm Products and Commodities", "HORTICULTURE"]
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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: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-04"
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last_action: "2022-03-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a9df0c4-49ab-4627-835d-eb01dc643086"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/129"
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source_hash: "9d54e28a129da186e4f1b9315f6d0dea9d4e2e795d86a5eece09202cb23232ee"
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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 129 (2022) — Seed tests.
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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.
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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/2022/bills/SB0129/versions/SB0129.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0129/versions/SB0129.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0129/versions/SB0129.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0129/versions/SB0129.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 129 - Lehe - 3rd Reading — **91–3** (pass) · lower
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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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- Beau Baird — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Leising
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- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-11** Senator Glick added as second author
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- **2022-01-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 18: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-18** House sponsor: Representative Lehe
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- **2022-01-18** Cosponsors: Representatives Aylesworth and Baird
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- **2022-01-19** Referred to the House
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- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-08** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 175: yeas 91, nays 3 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2022-02-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-02-24** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-07** Public Law 10
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
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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/4a9df0c4-49ab-4627-835d-eb01dc643086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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