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type: "Bill"
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title: "Evidence preservation requirements."
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description: "Establishes additional requirements for the disposition of property held as evidence that may contain biological evidence related to an offense, including matters involving postconviction DNA testing and analysis."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 263"
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citation: "Indiana SB 263 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EVIDENCE", "LAW ENFORCEMENT generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Eric Koch", "Gregory Steuerwald"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-10"
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last_action: "2022-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/028ad49a-96a3-4faa-99cb-6fb122aa647a"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/263"
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source_hash: "ea1922623f79ae6d724454d4e627d45933ad88d4d70b8b712402517723948f66"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 263 (2022) — Evidence preservation requirements.
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Establishes additional requirements for the disposition of property held as evidence that may contain biological evidence related to an offense, including matters involving postconviction DNA testing and analysis.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0263/versions/SB0263.05.ENGH)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0263/versions/SB0263.03.ENGS)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0263/versions/SB0263.06.ENRH)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0263/versions/SB0263.01.INTR)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0263/versions/SB0263.04.COMH)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0263/versions/SB0263.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 263 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
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- Donna Schaibley — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
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- Ryan Dvorak — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-10** Authored by Senator Doriot
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- **2022-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Senators Koch, Bohacek, Sandlin, Pol added as coauthors
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- **2022-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Senator Koch removed as coauthor
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- **2022-01-27** Senator Koch added as second author
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- **2022-01-31** Amendment #2 (Doriot) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-31** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 164: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
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- **2022-02-01** Cosponsor: Representative Schaibley
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- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
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- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-10** Representative Dvorak added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-14** Amendment #1 (Schaibley) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-02-14** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-15** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 190: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-16** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-02-21** Motion to concur filed
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- **2022-02-24** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 260: yeas 48, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-11** Public Law 89
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/028ad49a-96a3-4faa-99cb-6fb122aa647a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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