# Indiana HB 1456: Assignment of offenders to correctional facilities.

Indiana HB 1456, Assignment of offenders to correctional facilities., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Peggy Mayfield (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-01-27 (Representative Teshka added as coauthor) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana HB 1456
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Assignment of offenders to correctional facilities.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-01-27, Representative Teshka added as coauthor
- Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: courts and criminal code
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Requires a correctional facility operated by the department of correction to provide privacy protections based upon an individual's sex. Requires facility and program assignment decisions to be made in compliance with the required privacy protections. Provides a private cause of action against a correctional facility for certain privacy violations.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Peggy Mayfield (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake Teshka (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joanna King (Republican), House

## Actions (4)

- 2025-01-27: Representative Teshka added as coauthor (House)
- 2025-01-21: Coauthored by Representative King (House)
- 2025-01-21: Authored by Representative Mayfield (House)
- 2025-01-21: First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1456/versions/HB1456.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1456/versions/HB1456.01.INTR?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1456-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).