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type: "Bill"
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title: "Animal impoundment."
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description: "Defines \"impound agency\" for purposes of the law concerning offenses related to animals. Specifies requirements for an impound agency and care of an impounded animal. Requires the impound agency to make a reasonable attempt to notify the owner 10 business days after the animal is euthanized. Provides that the notice to an owner must set forth the reason or reasons why the animal was euthanized. Provides certain civil immunity for a veterinarian acting within the scope of the veterinarian's duties."
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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: "SB 423"
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citation: "Indiana SB 423 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ANIMALS (other than Livestock)", "CIVIL ACTIONS", "Liabilities and Damages", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "VETERINARIANS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jean Leising", "Mike Aylesworth", "Susan Glick"]
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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: "2023-01-19"
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last_action: "2023-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a136484f-0ba7-4ea4-ad96-7acd435a6da6"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/423"
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source_hash: "b01f2b6fa3928de2c870f30bcea7bf69ddb29c9fa73e9c92087b4919a09a1001"
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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 SB 423 (2023) — Animal impoundment.
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Defines "impound agency" for purposes of the law concerning offenses related to animals. Specifies requirements for an impound agency and care of an impounded animal. Requires the impound agency to make a reasonable attempt to notify the owner 10 business days after the animal is euthanized. Provides that the notice to an owner must set forth the reason or reasons why the animal was euthanized. Provides certain civil immunity for a veterinarian acting within the scope of the veterinarian's duties.
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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 Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0423/versions/SB0423.04.ENGH)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0423/versions/SB0423.05.ENRH)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0423/versions/SB0423.01.INTR)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0423/versions/SB0423.03.COMH)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0423/versions/SB0423.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 423 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **44–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jean Leising — primary (person)
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- Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)
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- Susan Glick — primary (person)
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- Beau Baird — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-19** Authored by Senator Leising
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- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-16** Senator Glick added as second author
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- **2023-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 132: yeas 44, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Aylesworth
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- **2023-02-20** Cosponsor: Representative Baird
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- **2023-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-20** Placed back on second reading
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- **2023-03-21** Amendment #1 (Baird) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-21** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 296: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-24** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-03** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-04** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 329: yeas 45, nays 3
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- **2023-04-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Public Law 52 `became-law`
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- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/a136484f-0ba7-4ea4-ad96-7acd435a6da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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