republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-229.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maintenance of regulated drains."
description: "Provides that a permit is not required from the Indiana department of environmental management for the maintenance or reconstruction of a regulated drain in accordance with certain best management practices for purposes of the law concerning state regulated wetlands, as long as the work takes place within the current easement and the reconstruction does not substantially change the characteristics of the drain to perform the function for which it was designed and constructed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "Indiana SB 229 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRAINS AND DRAINAGE", "WETLANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "David Wolkins", "Linda Rogers", "Victoria Spartz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3acdfb4b-42c6-4200-8f16-0ad5de1f7ca5"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/229"
source_hash: "1781557618e327bff92045896343e69761859972f07d2d89dbacdc66ae0553b4"
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 229 (2020) — Maintenance of regulated drains.

Provides that a permit is not required from the Indiana department of environmental management for the maintenance or reconstruction of a regulated drain in accordance with certain best management practices for purposes of the law concerning state regulated wetlands, as long as the work takes place within the current easement and the reconstruction does not substantially change the characteristics of the drain to perform the function for which it was designed and constructed.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0229/versions/SB0229.04.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0229/versions/SB0229.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0229/versions/SB0229.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0229/versions/SB0229.02.COMS)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0229/versions/SB0229.03.COMH)

## Votes

- SB 229 - Spartz - 3rd Reading — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- SB 229 - Wolkins - 3rd Reading — **58–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- David Wolkins — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Victoria Spartz — primary (person)
- Robert Cherry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Authored by Senator Spartz
- **2020-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-14** Senator Doriot added as second author
- **2020-01-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 32, nays 18 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-21** House sponsor: Representative Wolkins
- **2020-01-21** Senator Rogers added as third author
- **2020-01-22** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reassigned to Committee on Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #2 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Representative Cherry added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #5 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 245: yeas 33, nays 59 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 286: yeas 58, nays 37 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to dissent filed
- **2020-03-04** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** House conferees appointed: Wolkins and Errington
- **2020-03-04** House advisors appointed: Prescott, Abbott, Steuerwald, Bauer and Deal
- **2020-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Spartz and Stoops
- **2020-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Doriot, Tallian and Rogers
- **2020-03-10** Senator Doriot removed as advisor
- **2020-03-10** Senator Stoops removed as conferee
- **2020-03-10** Senator Doriot added as conferee
- **2020-03-10** Representative Prescott removed as advisor
- **2020-03-10** Representative Errington removed as conferee
- **2020-03-10** Representative Prescott added as conferee
- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 377: yeas 55, nays 29
- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 383: yeas 32, nays 17
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Public Law 166

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3acdfb4b-42c6-4200-8f16-0ad5de1f7ca5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).