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LouisianaHB 1712026 Regular SessionHouse

BAIL: Provides relative to personal sureties

Sponsored By: Annie Spell (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

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New rules for personal bail guarantors

The law clarifies rules for people who guarantee someone else's bail, called personal sureties. Both secured and unsecured personal sureties must meet all requirements of Article 311. Secured sureties must mortgage real estate in Louisiana to guarantee their performance. Unsecured sureties must live in Louisiana and cannot pledge property as security. A court can order a person in custody released on an unsecured personal surety bail agreement.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Annie Spell

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/5/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 3/24/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 3/18/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 59.

    5/11/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/11/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/7/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/7/2026House

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/6/2026House

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

    5/6/2026House

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/5/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

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

    4/22/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    4/21/2026Senate

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

    3/25/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    3/24/2026House

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

    3/24/2026Senate

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

    3/23/2026House

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

    3/23/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (11-0).

    3/18/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

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

    2/20/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/18/2026House

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

    2/18/2026House

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