republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-392.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marion County zoning."
description: "Adds provisions that do the following: (1) Provide that the legislative body and the board of zoning appeals (BZA) of Lawrence, Speedway, Southport, and Beech Grove in Marion County (excluded city) have exclusive territorial jurisdiction within the excluded city's boundaries. (2) Require (rather than allow) the excluded city legislative body to conduct a hearing, acting as the plan commission, on a proposed zone map amendment affecting property within the excluded city. Provides that the excluded city legislative body (instead of the consolidated city and county legislative body) makes the decision regarding the zone map amendment. (3) Allow a member of the excluded city legislative body to appeal a decision of the BZA to the excluded city legislative body. (4) Provide that the excluded city legislative body's decision on the appeal is subject to judicial review. Requires all townships to be represented across all the divisions of the board of zoning appeals. Provides that not more than two members appointed to each division of the board of zoning appeals may be residents of the same township. Requires the appointing authority to consult with the township executive regarding the appointments. Requires appeals and applications for variances, special exceptions, special uses, contingent uses, and conditional uses to be allocated to a division of the board of zoning appeals that has at least one member who is a resident of a township in which the property is located that is the subject of the appeal or application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 392"
citation: "Indiana SB 392 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDIANAPOLIS", "ZONING AND PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Kyle Walker", "Michael Young", "Robert Behning"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea7c809c-1ba5-450c-920c-9c00395e91ff"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/392"
source_hash: "c7ecce97750b9065857d6bc4f9f2bdbcccdbc39b45cf49303b3e90d773586891"
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 392 (2021) — Marion County zoning.

Adds provisions that do the following: (1) Provide that the legislative body and the board of zoning appeals (BZA) of Lawrence, Speedway, Southport, and Beech Grove in Marion County (excluded city) have exclusive territorial jurisdiction within the excluded city's boundaries. (2) Require (rather than allow) the excluded city legislative body to conduct a hearing, acting as the plan commission, on a proposed zone map amendment affecting property within the excluded city. Provides that the excluded city legislative body (instead of the consolidated city and county legislative body) makes the decision regarding the zone map amendment. (3) Allow a member of the excluded city legislative body to appeal a decision of the BZA to the excluded city legislative body. (4) Provide that the excluded city legislative body's decision on the appeal is subject to judicial review. Requires all townships to be represented across all the divisions of the board of zoning appeals. Provides that not more than two members appointed to each division of the board of zoning appeals may be residents of the same township. Requires the appointing authority to consult with the township executive regarding the appointments. Requires appeals and applications for variances, special exceptions, special uses, contingent uses, and conditional uses to be allocated to a division of the board of zoning appeals that has at least one member who is a resident of a township in which the property is located that is the subject of the appeal or application.

## 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/2021/bills/SB0392/versions/SB0392.06.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0392/versions/SB0392.04.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0392/versions/SB0392.07.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0392/versions/SB0392.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0392/versions/SB0392.05.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0392/versions/SB0392.03.COMS)
7. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0392/versions/SB0392.02.COMS)

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Robert Behning — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Mike Speedy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Senators Sandlin and Crider
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Senators Young M, Freeman, Walker K
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Committee report: without recommendation, adopted
- **2021-02-18** Amendment #3 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Senator Taylor G added as coauthor
- **2021-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 163: yeas 46, nays 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** House sponsor: Representative Behning
- **2021-02-22** Cosponsors: Representatives Jeter C and Speedy
- **2021-02-23** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Representative Miller added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Amendment #2 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 378: yeas 87, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-09** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-20** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 457: yeas 44, nays 4 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 161

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea7c809c-1ba5-450c-920c-9c00395e91ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).