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LouisianaHB 542026 Regular SessionHouse

PAROLE: Provides relative to alternative conditions for violations of parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Bryan Fontenot (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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More parole treatment options, but longer stays

After receiving a summary of the parole violation proceeding, Louisiana's parole committee can order treatment instead of revoking parole. Options include community rehabilitation, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, and certified treatment and rehabilitation programs. The board must find the placement appropriate, and Louisiana's corrections department must operate or contract with the program. The law raises the maximum stay from six months to one year, but never beyond the full parole term. Parolees earn no good-time credit to shorten the stay. The committee must revoke parole if the department requests removal in writing because the parolee violated program rules. Parolees receive credit for time served in the program. The law also updates the legal reference used to define a technical parole violation.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Bryan Fontenot

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 262 • No: 0

House vote • 5/27/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 94 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/21/2026

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/8/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 89 • No: 0

House vote • 3/31/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 610.

    6/2/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/2/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

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

    5/28/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/27/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.

    5/26/2026House

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/25/2026House

  9. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

  10. Reconsidered the vote by which House Bill No. 54 passed.

    5/21/2026Senate

  11. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/21/2026Senate

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

    5/14/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

  14. Reported favorably.

    5/12/2026Senate

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

    4/13/2026Senate

  16. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/8/2026House

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

    4/8/2026Senate

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

    4/7/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

  20. Reported favorably (7-0).

    3/31/2026House

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

    3/9/2026House

  22. Prefiled.

    1/30/2026House

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

    1/30/2026House

  24. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.

    1/30/2026House

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