HB1265: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: House Bill (S)
• Current Chamber: senate
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: Condemnation of Hoosier homestead property.

Legislators

Actions (10 total)

• Feb 18, 2025, 6:42 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
• Jan 31, 2025, 9:29 AM: Referred to the Senate
• Jan 30, 2025, 8:02 AM: Senate sponsor: Senator Leising
• Jan 30, 2025, 8:01 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 52: yeas 88, nays 0
• Jan 29, 2025, 8:49 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
• Jan 27, 2025, 10:45 AM: Representatives Criswell and Baird added as coauthors
• Jan 27, 2025, 9:28 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Jan 9, 2025, 12:26 PM: First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
• Jan 9, 2025, 12:26 PM: Authored by Representative Greene
• Jan 9, 2025, 12:26 PM: Coauthored by Representative Culp

Digest

Establishes the Hoosier homestead program administered by the Indiana state department of agriculture to commemorate and maintain a registry of farms owned by the same family for at least 100 years. Provides that if a condemnation action involves the taking of a fee simple interest in a Hoosier homestead: (1) the property owner is entitled to testify at a hearing conducted by the appropriate municipal or county legislative body; and (2) the legislative body must approve the condemnation for the condemnation to proceed. Provides that only the portion of a farm that satisfies the familial ownership and other requirements receives the Hoosier homestead designation and is subject to the provisions regarding eminent domain. Requires all property taxes to be paid up to date to be registered as a Hoosier homestead property or to renew registration as a Hoosier homestead property.