DOMESTIC ABUSE: Increases the penalties for certain domestic violence offenses that involve strangulation (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. Jun 2Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 623.Became Law
   2. Jun 2Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 28Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 27Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   5. May 27Signed by the President of the Senate.
   6. May 26Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1313). Result: pass.Upper
   7. May 26Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   8. May 21Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. May 20Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. May 19Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Apr 14Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.Minor
   12. Apr 13Read by title, returned to the calendar.
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#458). Result: pass.Lower
   13. Apr 13Called from the calendar.
   14. Apr 13Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
   15. Apr 13Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   16. Apr 9Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
   17. Apr 8Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   18. Apr 7Reported favorably (17-0).Minor
   19. Mar 23Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
   20. Mar 18Reported with amendments (12-0).Minor
   21. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
   22. Feb 13Prefiled.Minor
   23. Feb 13Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
   24. Feb 13First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.Introduced