---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer of high risk persons from county jail."
description: "Establishes a procedure for the transfer of an inmate from a county jail to another county jail or the department of correction if the inmate: (1) poses a serious risk of escape; (2) demonstrates violent or aggressive behavior; or (3) needs to be protected from other inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 420"
citation: "Indiana SB 420 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC)", "CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Public Health", "Order", "and Decency", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Prosecuting Attorneys (Non-Elected)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Sheriffs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Ireland", "Brett Clark", "Cyndi Carrasco"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cce04594-e13a-4668-a2cd-7c8c2d47e2e2"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0420"
source_hash: "fab883e8e8edbd0b9fc7f07381c0e2062105211d795385aa4284e147c829abe1"
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 420 (2025) — Transfer of high risk persons from county jail.

Establishes a procedure for the transfer of an inmate from a county jail to another county jail or the department of correction if the inmate: (1) poses a serious risk of escape; (2) demonstrates violent or aggressive behavior; or (3) needs to be protected from other inmates.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0420/SB0420.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0420/SB0420.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0420/SB0420.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0420/SB0420.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 420 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 420 - Ireland - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Ireland — primary (person)
- Brett Clark — primary (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Alaina Shonkwiler — cosponsor (person)
- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mitch Gore — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Glick — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senators Carrasco and Clark
- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Senators Koch and Glick added as coauthors
- **2025-02-04** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2025-02-11** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2025-02-13** Amendment #2 (Clark) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 193: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Ireland
- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-02-20** Cosponsor: Representative Shonkwiler
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Representative Gore added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-11** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Public Law 110 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cce04594-e13a-4668-a2cd-7c8c2d47e2e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).