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LouisianaHB 1472026 Regular SessionHouse

CRIME/RACKETEERING: Provides for the definition of the crime of racketeering (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Debbie Villio (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Prosecutors gain racketeering tools against mail theft

Louisiana adds mail theft to crimes that can support racketeering charges. It also adds theft or unauthorized copying of a mailbox key or lock. The law covers committing, attempting, or agreeing with others to commit either crime. It also covers asking, pressuring, or intimidating someone else to commit them. These acts can support racketeering charges when part of a pattern of racketeering.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Debbie Villio

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 135 • No: 4

Senate vote • 4/22/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 3

House vote • 3/24/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 92 • No: 1

House vote • 3/18/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 29.

    4/30/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    4/30/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    4/28/2026House

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

    4/27/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    4/27/2026Senate

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    4/23/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/22/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026Senate

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

    4/8/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/7/2026Senate

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

    3/25/2026Senate

  12. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    3/24/2026House

  13. Called from the calendar.

    3/24/2026House

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/24/2026House

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

    3/24/2026Senate

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

    3/23/2026House

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.

    3/23/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (9-0).

    3/18/2026House

  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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