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LouisianaHB 3362026 Regular SessionHouse

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to post-conviction relief

Sponsored By: Mike Johnson (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Faster court review for conviction challenges

Louisiana district courts must speed up review and decisions on previously unraised claims filed through this new process. If any party seeks Louisiana Supreme Court review through its supervisory authority, that court must give the claim priority. It must also speed up its review. The law sets no specific deadline for either court to decide.

New filing rules for conviction challenges

The law sets rules for conviction challenges raised in federal habeas petitions but not previously raised in state court. When a federal court pauses the case to allow state review, petitioners must file within 30 days after that pause. They must file in the Louisiana state district court for the parish where they were convicted. They must show good cause for leaving the claim out of earlier applications and that it is not plainly without merit. They must also show they have not intentionally used tactics to delay the case. The court must dismiss the application if any requirement is unmet. Existing application rules in Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 926 and 927.1 also apply.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Mike Johnson

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 194 • No: 42

House vote • 5/11/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 78, nays 16, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 78 • No: 16

Senate vote • 5/6/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 28 • No: 9

House vote • 4/9/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 77 • No: 17

House vote • 4/1/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 104.

    5/14/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    5/14/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/13/2026House

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

    5/12/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/12/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 78, nays 16, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/11/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.

    5/7/2026House

  8. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/6/2026Senate

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/6/2026House

  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.

    4/14/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026Senate

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/9/2026House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

    4/8/2026House

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

    4/7/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (11-0).

    4/1/2026House

  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.

    2/24/2026House

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

    2/24/2026House

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