LouisianaCredit bureaus would be barred from reporting certain criminal debts
Credit bureaus and consumer reporting agencies would not be allowed to report certain unpaid criminal fines and conviction fees, except for excluded traffic and municipal-law violations.
What it does
Credit bureaus and consumer reporting agencies would be barred from reporting debts for certain criminal fines and conviction fees, with traffic and municipal-law violations excluded.
Argument forKeeping covered criminal debts off credit reports could help affected people avoid having those debts harm their access to loans or other credit.
Argument againstBarring reports could give lenders less information about some applicants' unpaid criminal fines and conviction fees.
More detail
Credit bureaus and consumer reporting agencies would not be allowed to report covered criminal fines or conviction fees. The rule covers debts from criminal cases involving state-law violations or parish-ordinance violations. The rule excludes violations of traffic laws in Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and violations of municipal law. The rule applies despite other laws that might otherwise allow reporting. The supplied text does not state when this prohibition would begin.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 23Becomes Act No. 934 without the Governor's signature.Latest
- Jun 23Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 29Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 28Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 28Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 28Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 27Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1435). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 25Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 21Reported favorably.Minor
- May 12Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.Minor
- May 11Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 7Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#957). Result: pass.Lower
- May 6Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- May 6Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
- May 5Reported with amendments (14-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
- Feb 13Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 13Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.Minor
- Feb 13First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.Introduced
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