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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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84 lines
4.9 KiB
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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: "HB 1147"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1147 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGRICULTURE generally", "AGRICULTURE", "Farm Products and Commodities", "AGRICULTURE", "State Agencies and Programs"]
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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: "2022-01-06"
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last_action: "2022-03-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28e9b0b7-6b8e-4dc4-87dd-a0319eea918d"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1147"
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source_hash: "16d7457f8ef1417cf14785935ca0d6e380605c93b5b0c6864c112f888da1a22d"
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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 HB 1147 (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 House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1147/versions/HB1147.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1147/versions/HB1147.02.COMH)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1147/versions/HB1147.03.COMS)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1147/versions/HB1147.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1147 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Aylesworth — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-06** Authored by Representative Lehe
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- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-10** Representatives Aylesworth, Cherry, Thompson added as coauthors
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- **2022-01-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 16: yeas 86, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-13** Senate sponsor: Senator Leising
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- **2022-01-14** Referred to the Senate
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- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-17** Senator Glick added as second sponsor
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- **2022-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 217: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Returned to the House without amendments
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- **2022-02-24** 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 33
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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/28e9b0b7-6b8e-4dc4-87dd-a0319eea918d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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