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LA HB 167

enacted

PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS: Provides for the issuance of certain documentation to inmates before their release from incarceration (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did LA HB 167 pass?

Yes. LA HB 167 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Prefiled.

What is LA HB 167 about?

LA HB 167 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS: Provides for the issuance of certain documentation to inmates before their release from incarceration (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 167?

Barbara Reich Freiberg is the primary sponsor of LA HB 167, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-18 — Prefiled.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Barbara Reich Freibergprimary
  • Emily Chenevertcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-08

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 785.

    became-law,executive-signature

  2. 2026-06-08

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. 2026-06-01

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. 2026-06-01

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-31

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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  6. 2026-05-29

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  7. 2026-05-29

    Called from the calendar.

  8. 2026-05-29

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.

  9. 2026-05-27

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  10. 2026-05-26

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

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  11. 2026-05-25

    Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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  12. 2026-05-20

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    reading-3

  13. 2026-05-19

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. 2026-05-18

    Reported favorably.

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  15. 2026-05-04

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

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  16. 2026-04-29

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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  17. 2026-04-29

    Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

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  18. 2026-04-27

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

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  19. 2026-04-27

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.

  20. 2026-04-23

    Reported with amendments (9-0).

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  21. 2026-03-09

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

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  22. 2026-02-20

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

  23. 2026-02-18

    Prefiled.

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  24. 2026-02-18

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE (#813)

    2026-04-29 · pass · 91-0

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • Melerine: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Fontenot: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Newell: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Phelps: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Horton: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • Spell: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Carrier: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Carter, R.: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Carter, W.: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • Landry, M.: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • Landry, T.: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • Larvadain: yes
    • Walters: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Crews: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Wiley: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • Marcelle: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Dickerson: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Zeringue: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Edmonston: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Bagley: other
    • Farnum: other
    • Johnson, T.: other
    • Bayham: other
    • Fisher: other
    • Schamerhorn: other
    • Carlson: other
    • Geymann: other
    • Tarver: other
    • Carpenter: other
    • Hilferty: other
    • Young: other
    • Echols: other
    • Jackson: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#1212)

    2026-05-25 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Foil: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Allain: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Barrow: yes
    • Hensgens: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Barthelemy: yes
    • Hodges: yes
    • Pressly: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: yes
    • Reese: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Cathey: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Cloud: yes
    • Luneau: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Connick: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Womack: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Price: other
    • Selders: other
  • CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1672)

    2026-05-29 · pass · 98-0

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Adams: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Fontenot: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Melerine: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Geymann: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Newell: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Phelps: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Hilferty: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Horton: yes
    • Schamerhorn: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Carlson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Spell: yes
    • Carrier: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Carter, R.: yes
    • Johnson, T.: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Crews: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • Landry, M.: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • Landry, T.: yes
    • Walters: yes
    • Dickerson: yes
    • Larvadain: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wiley: yes
    • Echols: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Edmonston: yes
    • Marcelle: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Zeringue: yes
    • Farnum: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: other
    • Carpenter: other
    • Young: other
    • Bagley: other
    • Carter, W.: other
    • Bayham: other
    • Miller: other

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