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LouisianaHB 2802026 Regular SessionHouse

PAROLE: Provides for consolidation of certain repetitive language relative to parole eligibility

Sponsored By: Bryan Fontenot (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Shared parole rules for long-serving prisoners

The law combines repeated parole requirements into one shared list for certain people serving life or long sentences. Covered adults sentenced at ages 18–24, 25–34, 35–49, or 50 and older must serve 25, 20, 15, or 10 years, respectively. These adult categories exclude specified violent crimes and sex offenses. People whose crimes happened before age 18 generally face a 25-year wait, including those serving combined sentences totaling at least 25 years. For first- or second-degree murder indictments before August 1, 2017, a court must also approve parole eligibility. Covered people must meet the shared conditions in R.S. 15:574.4(A)(4)(b)–(f); those conditions are not supplied in the available text. Depending on the applicable juvenile-offense section, additional requirements include 36 months without major disciplinary offenses and 100 hours of prerelease programs when available. Treatment, education or job training, a low-risk rating, and a reentry program also apply in specified sections. Parolees convicted of aggravated rape or first-degree rape must follow sex-offender registration and notification laws. Eligibility allows parole consideration, not automatic release; the law provides no new funding or household payment.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Bryan Fontenot

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 133 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/19/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 4/8/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 93 • No: 0

House vote • 3/31/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 425.

    5/29/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/21/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/20/2026House

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

    5/20/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

    5/19/2026Senate

  8. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/19/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    5/5/2026Senate

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

    4/27/2026Senate

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

    4/22/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    4/21/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/8/2026House

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

    4/8/2026Senate

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.

    4/7/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (7-0).

    3/31/2026House

  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 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/23/2026House

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

    2/23/2026House

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