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IndianaHB 1192Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026)HouseWALLET
Seed laws.
Sponsored By: Mike Aylesworth (Republican)
Signed by Governor
agriculture and rural developmentthe senateagricultureappropriations
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New fees, permits, and reports for seed sellers
Beginning July 1, 2026, you must have a permit to distribute agricultural or vegetable seed in Indiana. Permit holders may use their own labels, but must keep records, allow inspections, and file sworn quantity reports twice a year (due July 31 and January 31). Inspection fees are $0.30 per 100 lb for alfalfa, clover, vegetable, and grass (minimum $0.075 per package over 1 lb) and $0.15 per 100 lb for other agricultural seed (minimum $0.0375 per package over 1 lb). Assortments of vegetable packets up to 1 lb are $3 per retail location, and the minimum fee per reporting period is $10. A penalty of the greater of $50 or 10% applies on day 16 after the due date, and permits may be revoked after 15 days or for false reports. Wholesalers whose main business is supplying other distributors are exempt from duplicate fees, and distributors receive twice‑yearly credits for fees paid earlier in the chain. You must keep lot records for two years and a file sample for one year. “Distribute” includes selling, offering, bartering, supplying, or transporting seed for sowing.
Stronger labels and naming on seed
Beginning July 1, 2026, seed sold for sowing must carry clear English labels. For agricultural seed over 1 lb, labels must list each component over 5% by weight, lot number, origin, weed seed details (including restricted noxious), other crop and inert percentages, germination and hard seed percentages with test month and year, the labeler’s name and address, and any treatment ingredients and cautions. Vegetable packets (1 lb or less) and larger containers need kind and variety, germination data, test dates, lot ID, noxious weed info, and “Below Standard” when required; some lawn/turf grasses must show “Sell by (month/year).” Labels must be accurate, easy to read, and follow name order: brand, the word “brand,” variety, then kind; if no variety, show “variety not stated.” Trademarks cannot replace variety names, and disclaimers cannot change required info. You may label varieties of a single kind as a “blend.” A “mixture” means each kind or variety exceeds 5% by weight. Hybrid designations count as variety names. Processed seed must be labeled before any distribution, and expired‑test lots must be relabeled or removed from sale.
Tougher testing and enforcement on seed
Starting July 1, 2026, the state uses the federal standards in 7 CFR 201 and AOSA methods for official seed testing. You may not sell seed if the required germination test is older than 12 months (unless a different period is set by rule), if labels are false or missing, if restricted noxious weed seed exceeds 0.25%, or if total weed seed exceeds 2.5%. Distributors who keep invoices or a genuine grower’s declaration and take reasonable precautions are not penalized when identity cannot be confirmed by examination. The seed commissioner has broader powers to sample, inspect, issue stop‑sale orders, enter property, set rules and fines, and ask courts to seize and condemn violative seed; courts may allow denaturing, destruction, relabeling, or other disposal. The commissioner may issue special permits to use prohibited or restricted noxious weed seed for research, production, or education.
More seeds now covered by law
Beginning July 1, 2026, more seed products fall under this law. “Agricultural seed” includes legume, grass, forage, cereal, fiber, field, oil crops, lawn seeds and mixtures, and the seeds listed in 7 CFR 201.2(h). “Vegetable seed” includes seeds sold for home gardens and those listed in 7 CFR 201.2(i).
Seed fees fund Purdue program
Starting July 1, 2026, all fees under this chapter are paid to Purdue University’s treasurer. Purdue uses the money for inspectors, samples, printing inspection results, and other agriculture program costs. The Dean of Agriculture must send a yearly financial report by November 1, beginning in 2026. If the report is not provided by November 1, the fee authority under this chapter expires on December 31 of that year.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Mike Aylesworth
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Beau Baird
Republican • House
Jean Leising
Republican • Senate
Kendell Culp
Republican • House
Lonnie Randolph
Democratic • Senate
Rick Niemeyer
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/26/2026
Roll Call 388 on HB1192.04.COMS.CON01
Yes: 88 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/24/2026
Roll Call 239 on HB1192.04.COMS
Yes: 47 • No: 1
House vote • 1/20/2026
Roll Call 59 on HB1192.02.COMH
Yes: 90 • No: 0 • Other: 2
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor
3/4/2026HousePublic Law 82
3/4/2026HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the President Pro Tempore
2/27/2026SenateSigned by the Speaker
2/26/2026HouseHouse concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 388: yeas 88, nays 0
2/26/2026HouseMotion to concur filed
2/25/2026HouseReturned to the House with amendments
2/24/2026SenateThird reading: passed; Roll Call 239: yeas 47, nays 1
2/24/2026SenateSenator Randolph added as cosponsor
2/23/2026SenateSecond reading: ordered engrossed
2/23/2026SenateCommittee report: amend do pass, adopted
2/19/2026SenateCommittee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2/9/2026SenateFirst reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture
1/26/2026SenateReferred to the Senate
1/21/2026HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 59: yeas 90, nays 0
1/20/2026HouseSenate sponsors: Senators Leising, Niemeyer
1/20/2026HouseSecond reading: ordered engrossed
1/15/2026HouseAmendment #1 (Miller K) failed; voice vote
1/15/2026HouseCommittee report: amend do pass, adopted
1/12/2026HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
1/5/2026HouseCoauthored by Representatives Baird, Culp
1/5/2026HouseAuthored by Representative Aylesworth
1/5/2026House
Bill Text
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