republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1148.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinary medicine."
description: "Changes the name of the Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners to the Indiana board of veterinary medicine (board). Provides that the state veterinarian: (1) serves as the chief administrative officer of the board; (2) performs the duties delegated by the board to the state veterinarian; and (3) provides technical advice and assistance to the board. Establishes the Indiana center for animal policy (center) to facilitate the coordination of regulatory duties of the state board of animal health (BOAH) and the board. Provides that the state veterinarian is the chief administrative officer of the center and the BOAH. Requires that the BOAH (not the professional licensing agency) perform certain administrative functions for the board. Requires that the board and the division of consumer protection, office of the attorney general enter into a memorandum of understanding to share information concerning complaints and investigations against individuals regulated by the board. Allows the board to adopt emergency rules. Provides that the board, and the state veterinarian if authorized by the board, may subpoena witnesses and compel the production of certain documents as part of an investigation. Changes the name of the veterinary investigative fund to the veterinary medicine fund (fund). Makes various changes to the fund. Provides that the changes made by the bill do not apply until July 1, 2023. Provides for transition and makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "Indiana HB 1148 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS AND BOARD MEMBERSHIP", "VETERINARIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Lehe", "Jean Leising", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59e87922-8c11-4814-ac44-db4e6ebb45c8"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1148"
source_hash: "f3eb5c5b893045292de4693f5acabf21eb8f9bffefed5d3d2db534babf772e9e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1148 (2022) — Veterinary medicine.

Changes the name of the Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners to the Indiana board of veterinary medicine (board). Provides that the state veterinarian: (1) serves as the chief administrative officer of the board; (2) performs the duties delegated by the board to the state veterinarian; and (3) provides technical advice and assistance to the board. Establishes the Indiana center for animal policy (center) to facilitate the coordination of regulatory duties of the state board of animal health (BOAH) and the board. Provides that the state veterinarian is the chief administrative officer of the center and the BOAH. Requires that the BOAH (not the professional licensing agency) perform certain administrative functions for the board. Requires that the board and the division of consumer protection, office of the attorney general enter into a memorandum of understanding to share information concerning complaints and investigations against individuals regulated by the board. Allows the board to adopt emergency rules. Provides that the board, and the state veterinarian if authorized by the board, may subpoena witnesses and compel the production of certain documents as part of an investigation. Changes the name of the veterinary investigative fund to the veterinary medicine fund (fund). Makes various changes to the fund. Provides that the changes made by the bill do not apply until July 1, 2023. Provides for transition and makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.04.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1148/versions/HB1148.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1148 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Lehe — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — coauthor (person)
- Robert Cherry — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Coauthored by Representatives Cherry and Thompson
- **2022-01-06** Authored by Representative Lehe
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-10** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
- **2022-01-18** Amendment #1 (Lehe) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20** Senate sponsor: Senator Leising
- **2022-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 48: yeas 84, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Senator Glick added as second sponsor
- **2022-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 218: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-28** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-01** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 310: yeas 92, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-08** Public Law 48
- **2022-03-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59e87922-8c11-4814-ac44-db4e6ebb45c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).