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LouisianaSB 392025 Regular SessionSenate

LIABILITY: Provides for limitation of liability of public entities for false imprisonment of an offender sentenced to a term of imprisonment. (8/1/25)

Sponsored By: John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Civil Law and ProcedureJudiciary A

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Bill Overview

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Tighter lawsuit rules for sentenced Louisiana prisoners

Beginning August 1, 2025, the law applies only to future actions involving false imprisonment of people convicted and sentenced to prison. False imprisonment includes unlawful detention by Louisiana corrections officials, including being held past the required release date. Damages lawsuits follow Louisiana’s Prison Litigation Reform Act. Sentence, release-date, good-time-date, and parole-date calculation challenges must first go through the required administrative and court review process. This includes review in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish. Before suing a sheriff, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or their officers or employees, the person must obtain a favorable outcome. That review must resolve the challenge on its merits, and all appeals must be finished. A damages suit filed during review is dismissed without prejudice, meaning it can be filed again. A suit filed after missing deadlines to start or pursue review is dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • John C. "Jay" Morris

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 95 • No: 50

House vote • 6/3/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 55, nays 40. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 55 • No: 40

House vote • 5/27/2025

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 2

Senate vote • 5/20/2025

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 8 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 29 • No: 8

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 317.

    6/11/2025Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2025.

    6/11/2025Senate

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

    6/9/2025Senate

  4. Received from the House without amendments.

    6/8/2025Senate

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

    6/8/2025Senate

  6. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/8/2025House

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 55, nays 40. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    6/3/2025House

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2025.

    6/2/2025House

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

    5/29/2025House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/28/2025House

  11. Reported favorably (11-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/27/2025House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    5/22/2025House

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

    5/21/2025House

  14. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 8 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/20/2025Senate

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/19/2025Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    5/14/2025Senate

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

    4/14/2025Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    3/31/2025Senate

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