---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exemptions from design release requirements."
description: "Provides that the design release requirements for certain projects do not apply to certain construction that is exempted even if the construction is: (1) a part of; (2) supplemental to; or (3) an accessory of; any other construction that would otherwise require a design release."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 405"
citation: "Indiana SB 405 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS", "CONSTRUCTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chip Perfect", "Chris Garten", "Jim Pressel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55a41eee-1cf8-453a-8040-163eb48d6197"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/405"
source_hash: "2343e7830609d6ed1f10ac3ee998100aac5f549bb5a1ab2ae9e6a41c855ab0d6"
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 405 (2020) — Exemptions from design release requirements.

Provides that the design release requirements for certain projects do not apply to certain construction that is exempted even if the construction is: (1) a part of; (2) supplemental to; or (3) an accessory of; any other construction that would otherwise require a design release.

## 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/SB0405/versions/SB0405.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0405/versions/SB0405.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0405/versions/SB0405.02.COMS)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0405/versions/SB0405.03.COMH)

## Votes

- SB 405 - Garten - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 405 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chip Perfect — primary (person)
- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Chuck Moseley — cosponsor (person)
- Heath VanNatter — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Spartz — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-13** Authored by Senator Garten
- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Senator Perfect added as second author
- **2020-01-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 183: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Pressel
- **2020-02-04** Senator Spartz added as coauthor
- **2020-02-05** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Representatives VanNatter and Moseley added as cosponsors
- **2020-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 201: yeas 93, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 342: yeas 40, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **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 87

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55a41eee-1cf8-453a-8040-163eb48d6197`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).