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LA HB 399

enacted

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to temporary release of inmates for limited purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did LA HB 399 pass?

Yes. LA HB 399 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-25. Latest recorded action (2026-02-25): Prefiled.

What is LA HB 399 about?

LA HB 399 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to temporary release of inmates for limited purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 399?

Jerome Zeringue is the primary sponsor of LA HB 399, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-02-25 — Prefiled.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Jerome Zeringueprimary
  • Tehmi Chassioncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-06-23

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-23

    Becomes Act No. 945 without the Governor's signature.

    became-law

  3. 2026-06-01

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-05-31

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-29

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    enrolled

  6. 2026-05-28

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

    receipt

  7. 2026-05-28

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    passage

  8. 2026-05-28

    Called from the Calendar.

  9. 2026-05-12

    Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  10. 2026-05-12

    Rules suspended.

  11. 2026-05-04

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

    reading-3

  12. 2026-04-29

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. 2026-04-28

    Reported favorably.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-04-15

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

    reading-2,referral-committee

  15. 2026-04-14

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

    reading-1

  16. 2026-04-14

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    passage

  17. 2026-04-14

    Called from the calendar.

  18. 2026-04-08

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

  19. 2026-04-08

    Notice given.

  20. 2026-04-08

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  21. 2026-04-07

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.

  22. 2026-04-01

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

    reading-3

  23. 2026-03-31

    Reported favorably (7-0).

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2026-03-09

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

    referral-committee

  25. 2026-02-27

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  26. 2026-02-25

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

    referral-committee

  27. 2026-02-25

    Prefiled.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE (#510)

    2026-04-14 · pass · 83-12

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Bagley: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Bayham: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Newell: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Phelps: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schamerhorn: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Johnson, T.: yes
    • Spell: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Carpenter: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Carrier: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Carter, R.: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Carter, W.: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Landry, M.: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • Landry, T.: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • Larvadain: yes
    • Walters: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Cox: 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
    • McMahen: yes
    • Bamburg: no
    • Farnum: no
    • Johnson, M.: no
    • Broussard: no
    • Firment: no
    • McMakin: no
    • Carlson: no
    • Fontenot: no
    • Melerine: no
    • Crews: no
    • Horton: no
    • Villio: no
    • Bacala: other
    • Geymann: other
    • Schlegel: other
    • Butler: other
    • Hilferty: other
    • Young: other
    • Echols: other
    • Illg: other
    • Edmonston: other
    • McFarland: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#1520)

    2026-05-28 · pass · 26-7

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Foil: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Barrow: yes
    • Hodges: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Cathey: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Reese: yes
    • Connick: yes
    • Luneau: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Allain: no
    • Kleinpeter: no
    • Seabaugh: no
    • Bass: no
    • Miguez: no
    • Fesi: no
    • Pressly: no
    • Barthelemy: other
    • Hensgens: other
    • Stine: other
    • Cloud: other
    • Selders: other
    • Womack: other

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