LouisianaLAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Provides relative to the ability of peace officers to take a person into protective custody
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 29Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 556.Became Law
- May 29Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 26Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 25Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
- May 25Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 25Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 21Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1158). Result: pass.Upper
- May 18Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 14Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 13Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 8Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Apr 7Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#330). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 7Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 7Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Mar 30Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Mar 30Notice given.
- Mar 30Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 26Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Mar 24Reported with amendments (12-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 26Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Introduced