---
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).