LouisianaSB 1252026 Regular SessionSenate

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Increases the compensation cap for the wrongful conviction compensation law. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Gerald Boudreaux (Democratic)

Vetoed

Administration of Criminal JusticeJudiciary C

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Beth Anne Billings

    Republican • House

  • Beth Mizell

    Republican • Senate

  • Roy Daryl Adams

    Democratic • House

  • Delisha Boyd

    Democratic • House

  • Dennis Bamburg Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Doyle Boudreaux

    Republican • House

  • Edward J. Price

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gary Carter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jay Luneau

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jimmy Harris

    Democratic • Senate

  • Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mark Abraham

    Republican • Senate

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Royce Duplessis

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sam Jenkins

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sidney Barthelemy II

    Democratic • Senate

  • Stephanie H. Berault

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 157 • No: 0

House vote • 5/19/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 5/11/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 13 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/15/2026

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

Actions Timeline

  1. Vetoed by the Governor.

    6/2/2026Senate
  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House
  3. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate
  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate
  5. Called from the calendar.

    5/19/2026House
  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/19/2026House
  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/19/2026Senate
  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

    5/18/2026House
  9. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    5/18/2026House
  10. Notice given.

    5/18/2026House
  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.

    5/18/2026House
  12. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/13/2026House
  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/12/2026House
  14. Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/11/2026House
  15. Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

    5/5/2026House
  16. Reported favorably (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

    4/29/2026House
  17. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    4/20/2026House
  18. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    4/16/2026House
  19. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/15/2026Senate
  20. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/14/2026Senate
  21. Reported with amendments.

    4/13/2026Senate
  22. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

    4/8/2026Senate
  23. Reported favorably.

    4/7/2026Senate
  24. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    3/9/2026Senate
  25. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    2/24/2026Senate

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