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Bill Study of community or urban microfarming. Requires the department of agriculture (department) to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of establishing community or urban microfarm zones statewide. Requires the department to submit a report to the general assembly containing certain findings and recommendations not later than December 1, 2027. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 SB 164 Indiana SB 164 (2026)
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AGENCIES; Department of Agriculture (ISDA)
AGRICULTURE; Crops
AGRICULTURE; Generally
GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally
HIGHER EDUCATION; Colleges and Universities (Including Ivy Tech)
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James Tomes
Jean Leising
Julie Olthoff
Mark Spencer
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Indiana SB 164 (2026) — Study of community or urban microfarming.

Requires the department of agriculture (department) to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of establishing community or urban microfarm zones statewide. Requires the department to submit a report to the general assembly containing certain findings and recommendations not later than December 1, 2027.

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 164 - Spencer - 3rd Reading — 444 (pass) · upper
  • SB 164 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — 883 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • James Tomes — primary (person)
  • Jean Leising — primary (person)
  • Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
  • Mark Spencer — primary (person)
  • Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
  • Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
  • Earl Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
  • John Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
  • Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
  • Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-05 Authored by Senator Spencer
  • 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Senator Tomes added as second author
  • 2026-01-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-28 Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-28 Senators Glick, Yoder, Clark added as coauthors
  • 2026-01-28 Senator Leising added as third author
  • 2026-01-28 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
  • 2026-01-28 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 44, nays 4 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-01-29 Referred to the House referral
  • 2026-01-29 Cosponsor: Representative Harris
  • 2026-01-29 House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
  • 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-10 Representative Cash added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-12 Representative Bartlett added as cosponsor
  • 2026-02-19 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 344: yeas 88, nays 3 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-25 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-03-04 Public Law 71 became-law
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/922c2c49-715f-4333-a6dd-086ebaa35da8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).