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LouisianaHB 1002025 Regular SessionHouse

BAIL: Provides relative to bail bond enforcement (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Rodney Lyons (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Stronger protections against unauthorized tracking

Louisiana requires court orders for pen registers, trap-and-trace devices, and cellular trackers, with an exception for communications service providers. Device use must follow the order and relate to an ongoing law-enforcement investigation. Intentional violations carry up to $5,000 in fines, one year in jail, or both. Bail enforcement agents who intentionally misuse devices also face special penalties. A first conviction brings a fine up to $2,500 and a six-month suspension of the bail bond producer license. A second or later conviction permanently revokes that license.

Sureties can request warrants for jailed defendants

Sureties, which guarantee bail, can file a motion and sworn statement asking for a warrant for a defendant jailed elsewhere. This applies when the defendant is jailed in another Louisiana parish or a foreign jurisdiction. The bail obligation must remain in place, and the court handling it must not have already issued a warrant.

Bail agents gain tracking with oversight

Licensed bail agents seeking to arrest defendants or secure their surrender can seek court orders for cellular tracking. A commercial surety must back the defendant's bail. A bench warrant must also be issued because the defendant missed court. Approved agents must put all information gathered through the court-ordered investigation into the court record.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rodney Lyons

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 145 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/2/2025

Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 39 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 140.

    6/8/2025House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    6/8/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/5/2025House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/4/2025Senate

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/3/2025House

  6. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/2/2025Senate

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    6/2/2025House

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    6/1/2025Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/29/2025Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/28/2025Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    5/7/2025Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/6/2025House

  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    5/6/2025Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.

    5/5/2025House

  15. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/30/2025House

  16. Reported favorably (11-0).

    4/29/2025House

  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    4/14/2025House

  18. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/28/2025.

    3/28/2025House

  19. Prefiled.

    3/24/2025House

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    3/24/2025House

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