BAIL: Restricts post-conviction bail for certain offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. May 22Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 285.Became Law
   2. May 22Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 19Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 18Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   5. May 18Signed by the President of the Senate.
   6. May 13Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
      • Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1229). Result: pass.Lower
   7. May 12Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
   8. May 12Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
   9. May 11Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 (#727). Result: pass.Upper
   10. May 4Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   11. Apr 29Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   12. Apr 28Reported favorably.Minor
   13. Apr 21Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.Minor
   14. Apr 20Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#596). Result: pass.Lower
   15. Apr 20Called from the calendar.
   16. Apr 20Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
   17. Apr 20Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   18. Apr 13Called from the calendar.
   19. Apr 13Read by title, returned to the calendar.
   20. Apr 13Notice given.
   21. Apr 13Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
   22. Mar 31Read by title, returned to the calendar.
   23. Mar 30Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
   24. Mar 26Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   25. Mar 25Reported favorably (11-0).Minor
   26. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
   27. Jan 30Prefiled.Minor
   28. Jan 30Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
   29. Jan 30First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.Introduced