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LouisianaHB 512026 Regular SessionHouse

BAIL: (Constitutional Amendment) Restricts post-conviction bail for certain offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Sponsored By: Debbie Villio (Republican)

Adopted

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Debbie Villio

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 131 • No: 1

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 31 • No: 1

House vote • 4/20/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 92 • No: 0

House vote • 4/7/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

    5/21/2026House

  2. Becomes Act No. 271.

    5/21/2026House

  3. Effective date: See Act.

    5/21/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/18/2026House

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

    5/18/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/18/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/13/2026Senate

  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 C.

    4/22/2026Senate

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

    4/21/2026Senate

  13. Called from the calendar.

    4/20/2026House

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/20/2026House

  15. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/13/2026House

  16. Notice given.

    4/13/2026House

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

    4/13/2026House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

    4/9/2026House

  19. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/8/2026House

  20. Reported with amendments (8-0).

    4/7/2026House

  21. Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    3/26/2026House

  22. Reported favorably (11-0. To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    3/25/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  24. Prefiled.

    1/30/2026House

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

    1/30/2026House

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