Committee hears bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program and add remonstrance right; measure held for amendment
House Bill 1265 would put the Hoosier Homestead Award program into statute, create an electronic registry and allow a remonstrance at the local level against fee‑simple eminent domain takings of qualifying farms; the committee heard testimony and the author said technical changes are forthcoming, and the bill was held for amendment.
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A committee member introduced House Bill 1265, saying it would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program into statute and create a process allowing qualifying homestead farms to make a final appeal — a remonstrance — to their local legislative body before a fee‑simple condemnation. The sponsor noted the measure is intended to protect multi‑generational farms and described the ISDA inventory that found about 345,682 acres of farmland lost between 2010 and 2022.
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