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Bill Animal impoundment. Defines "impound agency" for purposes of the law concerning offenses related to animals. Specifies requirements for an impound agency and care of an impounded animal. Requires the impound agency to make a reasonable attempt to notify the owner 10 business days after the animal is euthanized. Provides that the notice to an owner must set forth the reason or reasons why the animal was euthanized. Provides certain civil immunity for a veterinarian acting within the scope of the veterinarian's duties. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 SB 423 Indiana SB 423 (2023)
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ANIMALS (other than Livestock)
CIVIL ACTIONS
Liabilities and Damages
CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
VETERINARIANS
enacted
Jean Leising
Mike Aylesworth
Susan Glick
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Indiana SB 423 (2023) — Animal impoundment.

Defines "impound agency" for purposes of the law concerning offenses related to animals. Specifies requirements for an impound agency and care of an impounded animal. Requires the impound agency to make a reasonable attempt to notify the owner 10 business days after the animal is euthanized. Provides that the notice to an owner must set forth the reason or reasons why the animal was euthanized. Provides certain civil immunity for a veterinarian acting within the scope of the veterinarian's duties.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • SB 423 - Leising - 3rd Reading — 443 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jean Leising — primary (person)
  • Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)
  • Susan Glick — primary (person)
  • Beau Baird — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-19 Authored by Senator Leising
  • 2023-01-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-14 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-16 Senator Glick added as second author
  • 2023-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 132: yeas 44, nays 3 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Aylesworth
  • 2023-02-20 Cosponsor: Representative Baird
  • 2023-02-21 Referred to the House referral
  • 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-14 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-03-20 Placed back on second reading
  • 2023-03-21 Amendment #1 (Baird) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2023-03-21 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 296: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-03-24 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2023-04-03 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2023-04-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 329: yeas 45, nays 3
  • 2023-04-06 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-18 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-04-20 Public Law 52 became-law
  • 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a136484f-0ba7-4ea4-ad96-7acd435a6da6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).