CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to post-conviction relief

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. May 11Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 54.Became Law
   2. May 11Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 7Signed by the President of the Senate.
   4. May 7Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   5. May 6Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   6. May 6Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   7. May 5Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#591). Result: pass.Upper
   8. Apr 27Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. Apr 22Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. Apr 21Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Apr 14Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.Minor
   12. Apr 13Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   13. Apr 9Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#387). Result: pass.Lower
   14. Apr 8Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
   15. Apr 7Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   16. Apr 1Reported favorably (10-0).Minor
   17. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
   18. Feb 13Prefiled.Minor
   19. Feb 13Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
   20. Feb 13First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.Introduced