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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Service animals."
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description: "Provides that only a dog or miniature horse qualify as a service animal. Provides that a public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a miniature horse by an individual with a disability. Sets forth certain requirements when permitting or not permitting a person with a disability to bring a service animal on the premises of a public accommodation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1354"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1354 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ANIMALS (other than Livestock)", "PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cindy Ledbetter", "Jean Leising", "Mark Messmer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0086396f-0adc-41bc-90c6-830fa45b42b7"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1354"
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source_hash: "84d4aca08fe298f99b0fc170a92ddbc1ce934c5c06410df5b84a6fc955729e9b"
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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 1354 (2023) — Service animals.
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Provides that only a dog or miniature horse qualify as a service animal. Provides that a public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a miniature horse by an individual with a disability. Sets forth certain requirements when permitting or not permitting a person with a disability to bring a service animal on the premises of a public accommodation.
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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. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1354/versions/HB1354.04.ENGS)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1354/versions/HB1354.05.ENRS)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1354/versions/HB1354.02.COMH)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1354/versions/HB1354.03.COMS)
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5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1354/versions/HB1354.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1354 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **39–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cindy Ledbetter — primary (person)
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- Jean Leising — primary (person)
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- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
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- Jean Breaux — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
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- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Ledbetter
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- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-06** Representatives Karickhoff and Klinker added as coauthors
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- **2023-02-07** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-13** Senate sponsors: Senators Leising and Messmer
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- **2023-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 108: yeas 99, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-14** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2023-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-13** Senators Donato and Breaux added as cosponsors
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- **2023-04-13** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
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- **2023-04-17** Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 437: yeas 39, nays 11 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-24** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 481: yeas 93, nays 1
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- **2023-04-24** Representative Morris added as coauthor
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Public Law 230 `became-law`
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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/0086396f-0adc-41bc-90c6-830fa45b42b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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