---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trafficking of harmful substances in jails."
description: "Defines \"chemical intoxicant\" and increases the penalty for trafficking with an inmate if the trafficked article is a chemical intoxicant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1422"
citation: "Indiana HB 1422 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADDICTION SERVICES; Illicit Drugs", "Prescription Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol", "CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Illicit Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Mike Bohacek", "Mitch Gore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7170d6e7-f5f8-4870-a58f-ecfe2756a57d"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1422"
source_hash: "a31907d1bf39b7e07968cd3a7c73856d3a0fea9387efd155fea5122a5882429f"
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 HB 1422 (2024) — Trafficking of harmful substances in jails.

Defines "chemical intoxicant" and increases the penalty for trafficking with an inmate if the trafficked article is a chemical intoxicant.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1422/HB1422.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1422/HB1422.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1422/HB1422.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1422/HB1422.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1422 - Gore - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1422 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Mitch Gore — primary (person)
- Chuck Moseley — coauthor (person)
- Kyle Pierce — coauthor (person)
- Scott Baldwin — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Authored by Representative Gore
- **2024-01-18** Representative Pierce K added as coauthor
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Representative Negele added as coauthor
- **2024-01-29** Representative Moseley added as coauthor
- **2024-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 104: yeas 94, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor
- **2024-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** Senator Baldwin added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 199: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Senator Zay added as third sponsor
- **2024-02-26** Senator Glick added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-27** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 71 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7170d6e7-f5f8-4870-a58f-ecfe2756a57d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).