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LouisianaHB 1082026 Regular SessionHouse

CRIMINAL/JURY TRIALS: Provides relative to juror qualifications

Sponsored By: Vincent E. Cox III (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Certain felony convictions bar criminal jurors

In Louisiana, people with certain felony convictions cannot serve on criminal juries, no matter when the conviction occurred. The ban covers felony crimes of violence and felony sex offenses, as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) and R.S. 15:541(24). This ban does not apply to civil juries. All other civil-juror qualifications still apply.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Vincent E. Cox III

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 177 • No: 59

House vote • 5/20/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 76, nays 17, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 76 • No: 17

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 25 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 25 • No: 7

House vote • 4/9/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 68 • No: 32

House vote • 4/1/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 8 • No: 3

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 419.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

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

    5/25/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/22/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 76, nays 17, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/20/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

    5/19/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/18/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 25 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/13/2026Senate

  10. Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/7/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/6/2026Senate

  12. Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.

    5/5/2026Senate

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

    4/14/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/9/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

    4/8/2026House

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

    4/7/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (8-3).

    4/1/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

    2/13/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/9/2026House

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

    2/9/2026House

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