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LouisianaHB 3222026 Regular SessionHouse

PARDON/PAROLE: Prohibits the assessment of any fees or costs against certain individuals who request a copy of testimony presented in executive session before the Board of Pardons and committee on parole

Sponsored By: Michael Melerine (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary BAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Free testimony copies for victims and families

Louisiana cannot charge victims fees or costs for requested copies of testimony from closed pardon board or parole committee sessions. This also covers a deceased victim’s spouse or next of kin, and a victim’s legal guardian. The law still allows corrections officials and law enforcement to share information as authorized or required by state or federal law. The act takes effect upon the governor’s signature or expiration of the deadline for becoming law without signature. Following a legislative veto override, it takes effect the next day.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael Melerine

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 144 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/18/2026

Rules suspended. 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 • 4/14/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 0

House vote • 4/8/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 300.

    5/22/2026House

  2. Effective date: 05/22/2026.

    5/22/2026House

  3. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/19/2026House

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

    5/19/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/19/2026Senate

  6. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/19/2026House

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

    5/18/2026Senate

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

    5/7/2026Senate

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

    5/6/2026Senate

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

    5/5/2026Senate

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

    4/15/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/14/2026House

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

    4/14/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

    4/13/2026House

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

    4/9/2026House

  16. Reported favorably (10-0).

    4/8/2026House

  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 2/27/2026.

    2/27/2026House

  19. Prefiled.

    2/24/2026House

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

    2/24/2026House

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