IN HB1105

Establishes the Hoosier Homestead program administered by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture to recognize and maintain a registry of farms owned by the same family for at least 100 years, with tiered designations for centennial (100+ years), sesquicentennial (150+ years), and bicentennial (200+ years) ownership.

Requires farms to meet specific eligibility criteria including continuous family ownership through specified relatives, agricultural use, minimum 20 acres (or 1 acre producing $1,000+ in gross agricultural products annually), and current property tax payments.

Mandates that when a county, city, town, or school corporation exercises eminent domain to acquire fee simple interest in a registered Hoosier homestead, the property owner must be allowed to testify at a public meeting of the condemning unit's legislative body before condemnation can proceed.

Requires compensation for condemned Hoosier homestead property at the greater of 200% of fair market value or 200% of land value plus depreciated replacement cost of improvements, plus relocation costs, other damages, and business losses.

Exempts acquisitions administered by the Indiana Department of Transportation from the enhanced Hoosier homestead protections, and requires biennial registration renewal to maintain protected status; effective July 1, 2026.