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LouisianaHB 1372026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Changes sentencing guidelines for posting or calling in threats to schools (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Mike Johnson (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Parents face fines and response costs

Parents, custodians, or guardians face civil fines after a child's qualifying felony-level school-threat or bomb-related adjudication. The first adjudication carries a fine up to $5,000; later adjudications carry fines of $5,000–$10,000. Courts must also hold a hearing on the financially responsible person's ability to repay government response, prosecution, and related costs. Repayment is required only when paying all financial obligations in full causes no substantial financial hardship. The law sets no dollar amount for reimbursement.

Parents face broader criminal supervision liability

Parents or legal custodians with care and control of a minor face broader criminal liability for improper supervision. This applies when they knowingly, willfully, or through criminal negligence allow school threats or false school-bomb reports. It also covers allowing regular participation in violent crime or violations of supervised release, juvenile probation, or parole terms. This change does not specify a fine amount.

Youth face penalties and reentry planning

Special court orders apply to felony-level terrorizing or bomb-related acts committed by children age 14 or older. First-adjudication orders include up to 12 months of probation or up to 6 months in juvenile detention. Later adjudications raise those limits to 18 months of probation or 9 months in detention. Orders also include Back on Track participation and a mental exam unless the required exam was already done. Separate rules let covered confined youths seek a sentence change after 24 months. For sentences shorter than 36 months, review is allowed after half the sentence. Courts must find reduced risk using progress reports, approved risk assessments, work or self-improvement achievements, and other evidence. Review also requires an Office of Juvenile Justice recommendation and a reentry plan. The department must prepare an individual transition plan at least six months before release and send it to the court. The disposition provisions cover children in state juvenile-justice custody on or after August 1, 2018.

Younger teens qualify for reentry program

The Back on Track Youth Pilot Program's age range is now 14–24. The minimum age drops from 16 to 14, opening eligibility to 14- and 15-year-olds. This change does not specify a cash benefit or describe the program's services.

School threats bring prison and fines

The law sets penalties for threats involving school property, school-sponsored functions, or firearm-free zones. Terrorizing carries a fine up to $15,000, 5–15 years in prison at hard labor, or both. That prison term allows no parole, probation, or suspended sentence. Menacing carries a fine up to $1,000, 2–5 years in prison with or without hard labor, or both.

Families receive required school threat notices

Louisiana's Department of Education must create information about school-threat crimes, penalties, and consequences. Public school principals, including charter school principals, must give it to students in grades 6 and above. Distribution must occur during the first five days of each school year. Materials must fit students' ages and grades and account for special education needs. Parents or guardians must receive, sign, and return a form acknowledging receipt and understanding.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Mike Johnson

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Josh Carlson

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 183 • No: 53

House vote • 5/27/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 72, nays 21. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

Yes: 72 • No: 21

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 29 • No: 6

House vote • 3/30/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 26. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 71 • No: 26

House vote • 3/24/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 619.

    6/2/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/2/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

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

    5/28/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 72, nays 21. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

    5/27/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.

    5/26/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/25/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/14/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    5/12/2026Senate

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

    3/31/2026Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 26. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/30/2026House

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

    3/30/2026Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

    3/26/2026House

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

    3/25/2026House

  18. Reported with amendments (11-0).

    3/24/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  20. Prefiled.

    2/13/2026House

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

    2/13/2026House

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

    2/13/2026House

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