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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Search warrants."
+description: "Provides that a warrant authorizing a search, testing, or other analysis of an item is deemed executed when the item is seized. Provides that a warrant return is sufficient if the return contains a statement indicating that the item was seized by a law enforcement officer."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 209"
+citation: "Indiana SB 209 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CELL PHONES", "WARRANTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Michael Crider", "Wendy McNamara"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-06"
+last_action: "2020-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eb7ef45-9501-4cb3-a4c4-b92525ab407b"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/209"
+source_hash: "11385b1903a1fd63a89496f8cab807a2190da720f7faeea810d18e7275eae753"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 209 (2020) — Search warrants.
+
+Provides that a warrant authorizing a search, testing, or other analysis of an item is deemed executed when the item is seized. Provides that a warrant return is sufficient if the return contains a statement indicating that the item was seized by a law enforcement officer.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0209/versions/SB0209.04.ENRH)
+2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0209/versions/SB0209.01.INTR)
+3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0209/versions/SB0209.02.COMS)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0209/versions/SB0209.03.COMH)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 209 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 209 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric Koch — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
+- Gregory Steuerwald — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
+- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-06** Authored by Senator Crider
+- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-30** Senator Koch added as second author
+- **2020-01-30** Senators Young M and Bohacek added as coauthors
+- **2020-01-30** Senators Rogers and Glick added as coauthors
+- **2020-01-30** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
+- **2020-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 146: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-04** House sponsor: Representative McNamara
+- **2020-02-04** Cosponsor: Representative Steuerwald
+- **2020-02-05** Referred to the House
+- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 277: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate without amendments
+- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-18** Public Law 63
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6eb7ef45-9501-4cb3-a4c4-b92525ab407b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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