republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/sb-461.md

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Bill	Grain indemnity.	Defines "revocation of a license". Creates a process in which the director of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing agency (agency) determines whether a building or other protected enclosure constitutes a single warehouse that requires one or more licenses. Specifies the documents a person who desires to conduct business as a grain buyer, warehouse operator, or buyer-warehouse (licensee) must submit to the agency to renew a license to operate. Specifies how a business as a licensee may renew its license. Specifies the types of licenses the agency shall issue and how a license may be relinquished. Establishes what information must be included in a financial statement submitted by a licensee to the agency. Removes the ability of the agency to temporarily suspend a licensee's license. Specifies various matters related to on-premises inspections. Permits the director of the agency (director) to call an informal meeting with a licensee. Provides when the director may revoke, and when the director shall revoke, a licensee's license and what information the director must share with the licensee. Establishes various notice requirements. Permits the agency to adopt rules. Requires the director to inspect and test all equipment used to test the moisture content of grain purchased from producers once per year. Requires the Indiana grain indemnity corporation board to elect a chairperson and vice chairperson and take on various new responsibilities. Addresses various issues with producer premiums. Provides that a grain buyer shall keep accurate and correct records of grain purchased from producers documenting the producer premiums paid by producers. Establishes storage fees to determine storage loss. Requires the office of the attorney general to provide legal assistance if requested by the director. Requires the director to take possession of the bond or other security and all proceeds from a grain sale in the event a licensee has failed to meet its obligations under the grain indemnity chapter. Provides that the director shall provide informal conferences between agency representatives and persons who have or who appear to have grain deposited with the licensee in revocation. Makes technical and conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	SB 461	Indiana SB 461 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Agriculture (ISDA) AGENCIES; Generally AGRICULTURE; Agricultural Commodities and Products AGRICULTURE; Crops BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Generally CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally FINANCIAL SERVICES; Bonds (Non-Judicial) PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Building and Construction PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General	enacted	Beau Baird Jean Leising Susan Glick	5	26	3	2025-01-13	2025-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/3319fb2d-ec15-4dd5-9932-8dc0c0e987fc	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0461	dd1c468aad0ad0062347aae9fbd493493f78cfc6ba1c18befd9b2a57f5f1f876	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 461 (2025) — Grain indemnity.

Defines "revocation of a license". Creates a process in which the director of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing agency (agency) determines whether a building or other protected enclosure constitutes a single warehouse that requires one or more licenses. Specifies the documents a person who desires to conduct business as a grain buyer, warehouse operator, or buyer-warehouse (licensee) must submit to the agency to renew a license to operate. Specifies how a business as a licensee may renew its license. Specifies the types of licenses the agency shall issue and how a license may be relinquished. Establishes what information must be included in a financial statement submitted by a licensee to the agency. Removes the ability of the agency to temporarily suspend a licensee's license. Specifies various matters related to on-premises inspections. Permits the director of the agency (director) to call an informal meeting with a licensee. Provides when the director may revoke, and when the director shall revoke, a licensee's license and what information the director must share with the licensee. Establishes various notice requirements. Permits the agency to adopt rules. Requires the director to inspect and test all equipment used to test the moisture content of grain purchased from producers once per year. Requires the Indiana grain indemnity corporation board to elect a chairperson and vice chairperson and take on various new responsibilities. Addresses various issues with producer premiums. Provides that a grain buyer shall keep accurate and correct records of grain purchased from producers documenting the producer premiums paid by producers. Establishes storage fees to determine storage loss. Requires the office of the attorney general to provide legal assistance if requested by the director. Requires the director to take possession of the bond or other security and all proceeds from a grain sale in the event a licensee has failed to meet its obligations under the grain indemnity chapter. Provides that the director shall provide informal conferences between agency representatives and persons who have or who appear to have grain deposited with the licensee in revocation. Makes technical and conforming changes.

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 461 - Leising — 41–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 461 - Baird - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 461 - Leising - 3rd Reading — 44–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Leising
• 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-01-30 Senator Glick added as second author
• 2025-02-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-10 Amendment #2 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-02-10 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-11 Cosponsor: Representative Aylesworth
• 2025-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 44, nays 4 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-11 House sponsor: Representative Baird
• 2025-02-12 Referred to the House referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-20 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
• 2025-04-01 Representative Culp added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-03 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-07 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-09 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 413: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-10 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-16 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 464: yeas 41, nays 0
• 2025-04-17 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-22 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-30 Public Law 114 became-law
• 2025-04-30 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3319fb2d-ec15-4dd5-9932-8dc0c0e987fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).