LouisianaHB 1532026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

COURTS/CRIMINAL: Provides with respect to the collection of criminal court fines and fees

Sponsored By: Mandie Landry (Democratic)

Became Law

Judiciary BJudiciary

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Credit reporting blocked for some criminal debts

Louisiana law bars reporting covered criminal fine or conviction fee debts to credit bureaus and other consumer reporting agencies. This protection covers state-law and parish-ordinance violations. It excludes traffic violations under Title 32 of Louisiana law and municipal-law violations.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Mandie Landry

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 110 • No: 18

Senate vote • 5/27/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 29 • No: 0

House vote • 5/7/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 67 • No: 18

House vote • 5/5/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Becomes Act No. 934 without the Governor's signature.

    6/23/2026House
  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/23/2026House
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/29/2026House
  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/28/2026House
  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/28/2026House
  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2026Senate
  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/27/2026Senate
  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/26/2026Senate
  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/25/2026Senate
  10. Reported favorably.

    5/21/2026Senate
  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

    5/12/2026Senate
  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    5/11/2026Senate
  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/7/2026House
  14. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/6/2026House
  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

    5/6/2026House
  16. Reported with amendments (14-0).

    5/5/2026House
  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    3/9/2026House
  18. Prefiled.

    2/13/2026House
  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

    2/13/2026House

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