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LouisianaSB 3212026 Regular SessionSenate

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to electronic bonds. (gov sig)

Sponsored By: Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Administration of Criminal JusticeJudiciary C

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

In-person bail posting remains available

Louisiana parishes that choose electronic bail bonds must allow both electronic and in-person posting. People who cannot or do not want to use electronic posting keep an in-person option.

Stricter rules for electronic bail agents

Electronic bonds require sheriff-approved software, and agents must apply for the sheriff’s approval in each participating parish. Applicants must live and have their main business in Louisiana and hold a Louisiana bail bond producer license for at least three years. Sheriffs can add local requirements, including local residence and digital boundaries that restrict where agents can post bonds. Providers must maintain and check approved-agent lists, block unlisted agents, and receive timely updates from sheriffs. For each posting, the approved agent must personally complete a live facial-recognition check and a second check independent of login credentials. Sharing logins, security devices, or authentication factors is banned, as is having someone else authenticate.

Bail fees and bank payment rules

Commercial bail bond insurers pay parish sheriffs $2 for every $100 of bond liability when submitting appearance bonds and powers of attorney. This is the only fee or tax on those premiums, subject to an existing statutory exception. Checks, cash, and automated clearing house (ACH) bank transfers are accepted; electronic-bond payments require ACH, which providers must offer. Licensed bond producers can charge defendants or people guaranteeing payment legally allowed electronic-bond fees, but only at the provider’s actual cost. These include platform, transaction, and ACH processing fees; dishonored payments can block further bond posting until outstanding fees are paid.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Caleb Kleinpeter

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 137 • No: 0

House vote • 5/19/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 94 • No: 0

House vote • 5/12/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/20/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 489.

    5/29/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 5/29/2026.

    5/29/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  5. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/19/2026House

  7. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/19/2026Senate

  8. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/18/2026House

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.

    5/18/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/13/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/12/2026House

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

    4/22/2026House

  13. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    4/21/2026House

  14. Called from the Calendar.

    4/20/2026Senate

  15. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/20/2026Senate

  16. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    4/7/2026Senate

  17. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    4/1/2026Senate

  18. Reported favorably.

    3/31/2026Senate

  19. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    3/9/2026Senate

  20. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    2/27/2026Senate

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