Enforcement of pesticide violations.
Summary
Provides a list of violations for which the state chemist may impose a civil penalty. Eliminates the schedule of civil penalties as adopted by the Indiana pesticide review board. (Under current law, the state chemist imposes a civil penalty in accordance with a schedule of civil penalties as adopted by the Indiana pesticide review board.) Provides that the state chemist may adjust a civil penalty by 20% for certain violations if a person responsible for the violation takes mitigating actions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 29, 2021
Signed Apr 19, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 15, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Apr 19, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 1, 2021
Amended
Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 318: yeas 48, nays 0
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 91, nays 4
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Jan 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 13: yeas 49, nays 0
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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