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Speaker kills ‘ag gag’ bill
By Megan Banta & Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill to make it a crime to secretly shoot photos or video on private property with the goal of harming a business owner died Friday when the leader of the House pulled it from consideration Friday in the middle of a contentious debate. Supporters of [...]
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Shooting photos, video on private property could be crime
By Samm Quinn TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Lawmakers appear to be closer to reaching a final agreement on a bill meant to stop people from taking surreptitious photos or videos on private property with the intent of harming the owner. A proposed compromise on the legislation means that a person who shoots a photo or video [...]
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Lawmakers make big changes to bill that bans video taping farm and industrial operations
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Legislation to ban individuals from taking pictures and videos at agricultural or industrial operations passed a House committee Thursday – but only after lawmakers made major changes. Members of the Agricultural and Rural Development Committee amended the bill so that it no longer makes distributing the videos and pictures [...]
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Pence’s first law would prevent farming property tax hike
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mike Pence turned his first bill into law on Wednesday, signing legislation that will prevent property tax increases for farmers by delaying a major update on their assessed values. “This is a very meaningful moment in the life of our young administration and in the life of our [...]
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Bill to prevent farming tax hikes moves to Pence for signature
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com Radio report A change in the formula used to assess property for taxation could mean more money for farmers. TheStatehouseFile.com’s Tim Grimes reports: INDIANAPOLIS – A bill likely to be the first signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence would prevent a tax increase on farmers. Senate Bill 319 delays [...]
Committee approves bill to crack down on filming, photographing farm operations
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A bill that would make it illegal to take a picture or video of operations at a farm or manufacturing business passed committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 373 makes the violation a Class A infraction, similar to a speeding ticket. The second violation would net the offender a Class B [...]
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Constitutional protection for hunting, fishing, farming passes Senate
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – A proposed constitutional amendment meant to protect Hoosiers’ ability to hunt, fish and – most controversially – farm passed the Senate on Monday. Republican Sen. Brent Steele of Bedford, the author of the bill, said that while Indiana could be the 17th state to protect the right to hunt [...]
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Constitutional amendment to protect hunting, fishing and farming passes committee
By John Sittler TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS — Hunting, fishing and farming – three activities that remain commonplace in the state – would be protected by the Indiana Constitution under legislation approved Monday by a Senate committee. Senate Joint Resolution 7 now moves to the full Senate for consideration. It passed the Senate Natural Resources Committee unanimously. [...]
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Lawmakers push to legalize raw milk sales
By Tyler Gribbons TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS –– Farmers could sell raw milk – but the state would set the rules for it – under legislation proposed by Sen. Richard Young, D-Milltown. Current law prohibits farmers or producers from selling raw milk – which is unpasteurized – for human consumption. Consumers can purchase it as pet food. [...]
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Commentary: Farms and the First Amendment
By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz IndyPoltics.Org Whenever the government tries to do anything that looks like it might tread into First Amendment territory, I tend to get a little concerned. As someone who talks and writes for a living, that whole free speech concept is pretty important to me. So my eyebrows arched a little when I [...]