republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/sb-433.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Structures in floodways."
description: "Prohibits the director of the department of natural resources (department) from exercising the authority to remove an abode or residence from a floodway if: (1) the abode or residence was constructed before January 1, 2020; (2) the owner of the abode or residence has taken measures to elevate the lowest floor of the abode or residence to at least two feet above the one hundred year flood elevation within two years after receiving notification from the department concerning the abode or residence; and (3) the owner of the abode or residence has taken necessary measures to comply with all applicable local, state, and federal floodway regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 433"
citation: "Indiana SB 433 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODWAYS", "NATURAL RESOURCES", "State Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Eric Bassler", "Shane Lindauer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dc96d1a-2cbf-4d05-a1fb-c7461ecb5af5"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/433"
source_hash: "00266bcd6b4a1641081c0f7a952a04c535084ac5227c58fdaf41038fd22610df"
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 433 (2020) — Structures in floodways.

Prohibits the director of the department of natural resources (department) from exercising the authority to remove an abode or residence from a floodway if: (1) the abode or residence was constructed before January 1, 2020; (2) the owner of the abode or residence has taken measures to elevate the lowest floor of the abode or residence to at least two feet above the one hundred year flood elevation within two years after receiving notification from the department concerning the abode or residence; and (3) the owner of the abode or residence has taken necessary measures to comply with all applicable local, state, and federal floodway regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0433/versions/SB0433.03.ENGS)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0433/versions/SB0433.05.ENGH)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0433/versions/SB0433.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0433/versions/SB0433.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0433/versions/SB0433.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0433/versions/SB0433.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 433 - Lindauer - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 433 - Bassler - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
- Shane Lindauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Authored by Senator Bassler
- **2020-01-15** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Senator Doriot added as second author
- **2020-01-30** Amendment #1 (Bassler) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-30** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 192: yeas 48, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Lindauer
- **2020-02-05** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Amendment #1 (Miller D) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 298: yeas 91, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to dissent filed
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-05** House conferees appointed: Lindauer and Pfaff
- **2020-03-05** House advisors appointed: Torr, Miller D, Lehman, Errington and Fleming
- **2020-03-05** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Bassler and Tallian
- **2020-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Rogers, Taylor G and Doriot
- **2020-03-10** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2020-03-10** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2020-03-10** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 360: yeas 40, nays 8
- **2020-03-10** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 365: yeas 93, nays 1
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Public Law 90
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dc96d1a-2cbf-4d05-a1fb-c7461ecb5af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).