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Committee hears bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program and add remonstrance against eminent domain; held for amendment
Summary
House Bill 1265 would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm recognition program into statute and create a limited local remonstrance process for family farms facing fee‑simple condemnation. The committee heard testimony from long‑time farm families and ISDA, and the bill was held so technical changes can be drafted.
The House Agriculture Committee heard House Bill 1265, a measure to place the Hoosier Homestead Farm recognition program into statute and to create a limited local remonstrance process for qualifying family farms facing fee‑simple condemnation.
Representative Green, the bill’s sponsor, said the Hoosier Homestead Awards recognize family farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years and that the bill would codify the program and create an electronic registry at the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA). “House Bill 1265 first puts the Hoosier Homestead Farm Program into statute,” Representative Green said, adding…
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