republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1346.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jail overcrowding."
description: "Repeals all provisions concerning the county jail overcrowding task force. Adds additional members to the justice reinvestment advisory council (\"advisory council\"), including members of the Indiana evidence based decision making initiative (which is a partnership between state and local criminal justice stakeholders). Specifies the purpose and certain duties of the advisory council, including: (1) to conduct a state level review and evaluation of jail overcrowding to identify a range of possible solutions; and (2) to develop incarceration alternatives and recidivism reduction programs at the county and community level by promoting the development of the incorporation of evidence based decision making into decisions concerning jail overcrowding. Provides that the advisory council may make a recommendation to the county sheriffs concerning strategies to address jail overcrowding and implementing evidence based practices for reducing recidivism for individuals in county jails. Requires the criminal justice institute to coordinate with state and local criminal justice agencies for the collection and transfer of data from sheriffs concerning jail: (1) populations; and (2) statistics; for the purpose of providing jail data to the management performance hub."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1346"
citation: "Indiana HB 1346 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTION", "Institutions and Inmates", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Michael Young", "Randall Frye"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68a4b5a7-aa2d-4f4d-a54d-135dcbd9081c"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1346"
source_hash: "ba1ebf5e7f7f7f393f7d9858eb3db35ff58c75e74d692bba5f1c1812c18d81fe"
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 1346 (2020) — Jail overcrowding.

Repeals all provisions concerning the county jail overcrowding task force. Adds additional members to the justice reinvestment advisory council ("advisory council"), including members of the Indiana evidence based decision making initiative (which is a partnership between state and local criminal justice stakeholders). Specifies the purpose and certain duties of the advisory council, including: (1) to conduct a state level review and evaluation of jail overcrowding to identify a range of possible solutions; and (2) to develop incarceration alternatives and recidivism reduction programs at the county and community level by promoting the development of the incorporation of evidence based decision making into decisions concerning jail overcrowding. Provides that the advisory council may make a recommendation to the county sheriffs concerning strategies to address jail overcrowding and implementing evidence based practices for reducing recidivism for individuals in county jails. Requires the criminal justice institute to coordinate with state and local criminal justice agencies for the collection and transfer of data from sheriffs concerning jail: (1) populations; and (2) statistics; for the purpose of providing jail data to the management performance hub.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1346/versions/HB1346.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1346/versions/HB1346.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1346/versions/HB1346.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1346/versions/HB1346.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1346 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1346 - Frye - 3rd Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Randall Frye — primary (person)
- Edward DeLaney — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Hatfield — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Authored by Representative Frye R
- **2020-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Representatives Steuerwald, DeLaney, Hatfield added as coauthors
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 99, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 248: yeas 45, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25** Senator Young M added as second sponsor
- **2020-02-26** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-03** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-04** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 309: yeas 93, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 48

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68a4b5a7-aa2d-4f4d-a54d-135dcbd9081c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).