republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-216.md

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Bill	Agriculture and pesticides.	Requires the dean of agriculture of Purdue University to submit certain annual reports to the legislative council and the budget committee as well as to the governor. Makes several changes in the laws concerning pesticides and pesticide use and application. Adds and revises definitions of terms used in those laws. Provides for the adoption of certain pesticide requirements and standards set forth in federal regulations as state requirements and standards. Makes changes concerning who may use certain pesticides and the circumstances under which the pesticides may be used. Authorizes the state chemist to enter a premises to access copies of records but allows the person holding records to defer the state chemist's access for up to ten days. Provides that the state chemist may enter public or private or property to investigate conditions possibly resulting from pesticide use only if the state chemist has reasonable suspicion of a violation. Requires the state chemist, in a proceeding involving multiple counts of repeated incidents of the same violation, to limit the imposition of a civil penalty to five counts. Provides that any findings related to a violation must be disclosed to the alleged violator before a penalty is assessed. Provides that, absent evidence of wrongdoing by the licensed pesticide business, any citation or civil penalty for a violation by an employee of a licensed pesticide business must be directed to the employee or the employee's supervisor instead of to the licensed pesticide business. Establishes requirements for individuals applying to become registered technicians. Establishes record keeping requirements for registered pesticide dealers, commercial applicators, and private applicators. Establishes restrictions and requirements concerning the application of pesticides on school property and pesticide use in a wellhead protection area. Sets forth acts for which the state chemist may impose a civil penalty or deny, suspend, or revoke a license, permit, or registration, including the application of a pesticide in a manner that allows it to drift from the target site, distributing a restricted use pesticide to a noncertified end user, and storing or disposing of a pesticide in violation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirements.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 216	Indiana SB 216 (2024)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally AGENCIES; Department of Natural Resources (DNR) AGRICULTURE; Horticulture BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Generally CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities Damages and Penalties GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Legislative Council HIGHER EDUCATION; Colleges and Universities (Including Ivy Tech) STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Governor	enacted	Chris Garten Kyle Walker Rick Niemeyer Steve Bartels	4	20	2	2024-01-09	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/4ffeefaa-8008-400b-8d21-c279c80fb4ed	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0216	6c6985996b9cb4a7dc1e46cc411926883463d59897e7d604b2cb87d513703659	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 216 (2024) — Agriculture and pesticides.

Requires the dean of agriculture of Purdue University to submit certain annual reports to the legislative council and the budget committee as well as to the governor. Makes several changes in the laws concerning pesticides and pesticide use and application. Adds and revises definitions of terms used in those laws. Provides for the adoption of certain pesticide requirements and standards set forth in federal regulations as state requirements and standards. Makes changes concerning who may use certain pesticides and the circumstances under which the pesticides may be used. Authorizes the state chemist to enter a premises to access copies of records but allows the person holding records to defer the state chemist's access for up to ten days. Provides that the state chemist may enter public or private or property to investigate conditions possibly resulting from pesticide use only if the state chemist has reasonable suspicion of a violation. Requires the state chemist, in a proceeding involving multiple counts of repeated incidents of the same violation, to limit the imposition of a civil penalty to five counts. Provides that any findings related to a violation must be disclosed to the alleged violator before a penalty is assessed. Provides that, absent evidence of wrongdoing by the licensed pesticide business, any citation or civil penalty for a violation by an employee of a licensed pesticide business must be directed to the employee or the employee's supervisor instead of to the licensed pesticide business. Establishes requirements for individuals applying to become registered technicians. Establishes record keeping requirements for registered pesticide dealers, commercial applicators, and private applicators. Establishes restrictions and requirements concerning the application of pesticides on school property and pesticide use in a wellhead protection area. Sets forth acts for which the state chemist may impose a civil penalty or deny, suspend, or revoke a license, permit, or registration, including the application of a pesticide in a manner that allows it to drift from the target site, distributing a restricted use pesticide to a noncertified end user, and storing or disposing of a pesticide in violation of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirements.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 216 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — 92–4 (pass) · lower
• SB 216 - Walker K - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Kyle Walker — primary (person)
• Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
• Steve Bartels — primary (person)
• Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Gaskill — coauthor (person)
• Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)
• Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Authored by Senators Walker K, Garten, Niemeyer
• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Senator Gaskill added as coauthor
• 2024-02-01 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Bartels
• 2024-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 135: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Cosponsor: Representative Aylesworth
• 2024-02-07 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Representatives Cherry and Klinker added as cosponsors
• 2024-02-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 92, nays 4 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 29 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ffeefaa-8008-400b-8d21-c279c80fb4ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).