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Committee hears bill to codify Hoosier Homestead program and allow local remonstrance on eminent domain
Summary
House Bill 1265 would place the Hoosier Homestead Farm program into statute and create a limited local remonstrance process for family farms facing fee‑simple condemnation; the committee heard testimony and the author said technical changes are forthcoming before the bill is scheduled for further consideration.
Representative Green introduced House Bill 1265 to the House Agriculture Committee, saying the bill would codify the Hoosier Homestead Farm program and provide a narrowly drawn remonstrance process when a fee‑simple taking of a multi‑generational homestead is proposed.
Why it matters: Representative Green said the Hoosier Homestead program recognizes family farms that have been owned continuously by one family for at least 100 years and that the state lost 345,682 acres of farmland from 2010 to 2022. The bill would require ISDA to maintain a registry of homestead farms and allow an affected homestead to seek…
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