2025 Regular SessionIndiana Legislature

HB1602: Various food matters.

Legislative Summary

Various food matters. Provides that a recipient may appeal to the legislative body an enforcement action issued or taken by a local health officer under IC 16-20-1 in response to a food establishment inspection. Adds provisions concerning limited meat product sales. Prohibits a grocery store from selling, offering for sale, or distributing an alternative meat product misbranded as a meat product. Requires a food manufacturer to label alternative meat products as "THIS IS AN IMITATION MEAT PRODUCT".

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Bill History

1/21/2025
Authored by Representative Culp
House of Representatives
1/21/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
House of Representatives
1/27/2025
Representative Smith H added as coauthor
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
Recommitted to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code pursuant to House Rule 126.3
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House of Representatives
2/13/2025
Representative Bartels added as coauthor
House of Representatives
2/17/2025
Amendment #1 (Culp) prevailed; voice vote
House of Representatives
2/17/2025
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
House of Representatives
2/18/2025
Senate sponsors: Senators Glick, Schmitt, Byrne
House of Representatives
2/18/2025
Cosponsor: Senator Doriot
House of Representatives
2/18/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 194: yeas 94, nays 0
House of Representatives
2/19/2025
Referred to the Senate
House of Representatives
3/3/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture
Senate

Amendments

House Amendment #2

House Amendment #2

2/17/2025Not Adopted

House Amendment #1

House Amendment #1

2/17/2025Not Adopted

House Courts and Criminal Code Amendment #8

House Courts and Criminal Code Amendment #8

2/12/2025Not Adopted

House Courts and Criminal Code Amendment #8

House Courts and Criminal Code Amendment #8

2/11/2025Not Adopted

House Agriculture and Rural Development Amendment #4

House Agriculture and Rural Development Amendment #4

2/6/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House - Third reading
2/18/2025
94
Yea
0
Nay
5
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/19/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Agriculture(Senate)

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text2/17/2025309.0 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/13/2025259.2 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text2/6/2025197.8 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/15/2025243.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/18/202571.0 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/17/202571.2 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/13/202573.3 KB
Misc
Misc2/12/202522.5 KB
Misc
Misc2/12/202581.8 KB
Misc
Misc2/6/202563.3 KB
Misc
Misc2/6/202521.8 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/6/202573.9 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/16/202585.6 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/15/202565.2 KB