Christeenna- that is exactly the point I made when I e-mailed our senator. Elkhart county is in deep trouble fiancially. Pointing out to our senators that being able to legally sell home made items can help some families around here survive. Any Hoosiers reading this needs to contact their state senator and make sure this bill moves quickly to a positive vote.

well, I will be watching this bill very closely. I don't do much but it would be nice to make a cake for a friend or co-worker and not feel that I am breaking a law. My husband and I just bought a house yesterday. Woo hoo. and he was even looking at spaces in a house that he could put in a small kitchen for me in the basement and he said he would make it my "cake room". I love my husband to be so thoughtful. I hope this would not infringe in the bill to have a separate mini kitchen to make cakes. I think my husband just really wants all my "cakey" stuff out of his kitchen. Narie, I did not know you lived so close to me. We should get together on day and have cake and coffee.

Note the one section that says the kitchen must be within the house.

Sec. 10. The home of a home based processor may not contain more than:
(1) two (2) ranges, ovens, or double ovens; and
(2) three (3) refrigerators used for cold storage.
The equipment under this section must be designed for home use and not for commercial use, and must be operated in the kitchen within the residence.

Will this be interpreted as it must be the "family kitchen"? No converted garage? A basement kitchen .... is that going be considered the "residence" kitchen or will they look at that as an add'l kitchen?

The language seems to want to keep it low key and simple.

I have no answers ..... just questions on this aspect.

another Hoosier here and Im stoked to hear this!
thanks for the head's up Indydebi!

Being totally clueless about the whole legislative process I had to read up. The bill passed in the House and went to the Senate.

# Action List
# Introduced Bill
# Fiscal Impact Statement(s): 1(PDF), 2(PDF), 3(PDF), 4(PDF)
# Roll Call(s): No. 129(PDF), No. 6615(PDF), No. 6649(PDF)
# Indiana Code Citations Affected
# House Committee Reports
# House Amendments
* Filed: 1309-1, 1309-1(PDF)
* Passed: 1309-1, 1309-1(PDF)
# House Bill

# Senate Committee Reports
* Filed Committee Reports: 1309-1, 1309-1(PDF)
# Senate Amendments
# Conference Committee Reports


Now if I read everything right it looks like the Senate made amendments to the bill that the originating house did not accept. So it went to the Conference Committee. They will write up a compromise bill and then the house and senate will have to agree. If they do then the bill will go to the Governor to sign into law. He could possibly veto also, but the Senate and House have the power to override the veto by majority vote.

So there are eight main steps for a bill to become law in Indiana and we are at step seven!!

April 15th is the deadline to get the bill passed.

maryjsgirl,
Thanks for all the decoding ! When I saw all the numbers and codes and lawyer language on the gov web page,...my eyes just glazed over,.. LOL,...(that same look as when I opened a history book years ago in high school)!
Wish we knew what changes they are thinking about.

hmmm, i just got licensed in january after adding a second kitchen and jumping thru many hoops and going thru a lot of $$$$$. i wonder how this affects me in southern indiana

holy moly how awesome would this be!!!! thanks maryjsgirl for looking into that and thanks indydeb for finding this info!!!! i am so excited i soo hope this passes i am writing our senators right now! i hope its not too late!

holy moly how awesome would this be!!!! thanks maryjsgirl for looking into that and thanks indydeb for finding this info!!!! i am so excited i soo hope this passes i am writing our senators right now! i hope its not too late!

Has anyone heard anything yet??? I'm sure I'm not the only one on pins and needles wondering what the senate is going to do to this bill!!!

I just checked and it's finally scheduled! It wouldn't hurt to email or call the Senators on the Committee.

Here is the information...

AGENDA FOR: Health and Provider Services

MEETING: April 8, 900AM, Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Miller

VICE-CHAIR:

MEMBERS: Mishler R.M., Becker, Charbonneau, Gard, Leising, Yoder, Errington R.M.M., Breaux, Rogers, Simpson

AGENDA: HB 1026 HB 1131 HB 1309 HB 1572 HB 1593 HB 1681 HB 1726 SR 0035 SR 0062

NOTES:

It looks like it's scheduled for review in committe on April 8th. After the senate made their changes, it was assigned back to Health and Provider Svcs committee.

Here's how I found the info .... on this page: http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2009&session=1&request=getBill&docno=1309&doctype=HB , click "Session Information" on the left, which will take you to this page:
http://www.in.gov/legislative/session/ .....Click "Current Sesssion Info" in the left hand column, which will take you to this page:
http://www.in.gov/legislative/session/calendars.html ... click Senate COmmittee Schedule (since the bill is in committe), which takes you to this page:
http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?request=getCommitteeMeetings&chamber=S&year=2009 ... scroll down till you find Health and Provider Services, which shows you they are meeting APril 8, and HB 1309 is on the agenda.

Does anyone know what changes the Senate has made to the original language of the bill??

Yes, if you go to the 2nd link posted in the original post (this one: http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2009&session=1&request=getBill&docno=1309&doctype=HB ), then under Senate Committee Reports you can see the changes.

Basically, it adds language to allow religious orgz's to have a church pitch in where people pay money for the meal, when the meal is used as a fundraiser for the org, or "....the individuals separately or jointly provide or prepare, free of charge, and consume their own food or that of others attending the gathering; and
(B) the gathering is for a purpose of the organization.
Gatherings for the purpose of the organization include funerals, wedding receptions, christenings, bar or bat mitzvahs, baptisms, communions, and other events or celebrations sponsored by the
organization."

Still nothing about "critters"???

This is just so great news!! I can't believe it.

Thanks so much to you guys that find this kind of info and pass along to us. I would never had find out by myself.

I'm also wondering about pets. I have a cat. Can't get rid of my baby.

I am keeping one very close eye on this thread.

Thanks again! That means I can tell people about my secret, I am a cake decorator. HURAY!!!!

Well, I have been away from CC for quite a while. I was very ill, in the hosptial and had surgery. Anyway, I was sent a private message about this bill. I love making cakes and did try to figure out ways to do cakes legally without opening up my own shop but quickly got discouraged because the options were limited. I just kind of gave up on making cakes. Now I have something to look forward to! This is very exciting! Thanks for the post Indydebi!!

Leetzie,

So glad to hear you are on the mend! Will keep you in my prayers for a full recovery!! Isn't this bill so exciting? I am so anxious to hear how it goes this week in the Senate!

Does anyone else feel like a kid on Christmas eve today?

I would love to know what the committee put forth!

Please, has anyone heard anything yet????? I'm dying here...

Please Dear God in Heaven, let this bill pass!!!

Amen sister!!!!!!!!

That would be awesome! Thanks for posting about this!

I tried watching it this morning, but just missed it!

So does anyone know anything about what happened today? I'm dying to find out!!!

go on your state's web site, there should be links for legislative bills etc and you can see what is going on. In NJ, you can even watch the votes live on your computer. Good luck and hope it passes for you

Oh MY GOsh, Oh My Gosh, Oh My Gosh.
I have been so disheartened lately at my inability to find a commerical kitchen.... it's really been a downer.
I hope it passed!!!!
this is awesome, I can't believe I missed this thread before- thanks IndyDebi!

If you go to http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/PDF/SCRF/AM130902.002.pdf and get the pdf, it's the committee report that was filed today, so I'm wondering if this is it?

From the pdf:

Bunch of amendments...yaddayadda...

Then:

*shrug*