Bill Commons

LA HB 789

enacted

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to the seizure of off-road vehicles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did LA HB 789 pass?

Yes. LA HB 789 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-09): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 839.

What is LA HB 789 about?

LA HB 789 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to the seizure of off-road vehicles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 789?

Jay Galle is the primary sponsor of LA HB 789.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-09 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 839.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jay Galleprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-09

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 839.

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  2. 2026-06-09

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. 2026-06-01

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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  4. 2026-05-28

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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  5. 2026-05-28

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. 2026-05-26

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 75, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. 2026-05-25

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.

  8. 2026-05-20

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

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  9. 2026-05-19

    Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  10. 2026-05-19

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

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  11. 2026-05-06

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

  12. 2026-04-27

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

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  13. 2026-04-22

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. 2026-04-21

    Reported favorably.

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  15. 2026-04-14

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

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  16. 2026-04-13

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

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  17. 2026-04-09

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 58, nays 34. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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  18. 2026-04-08

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.

  19. 2026-04-07

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

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  20. 2026-04-01

    Reported with amendments (10-0).

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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. 2026-02-27

    Prefiled.

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  23. 2026-02-27

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

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  24. 2026-02-27

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

Versions

  • House Committee Amendment, #2656, ACRJ, DraftCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #3012, ACRJ, AdoptedCompare
  • Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2818, Seabaugh, AdoptedCompare
  • Senate Floor Amendment, #3917, Kleinpeter, AdoptedCompare
  • Senate Floor Amendment, #3977, Seabaugh, AdoptedCompare
  • HB789 OriginalCompare
  • HB789 EngrossedCompare
  • HB789 EnrolledCompare
  • HB789 Act 839Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • FINAL PASSAGE (#408)

    2026-04-09 · pass · 58-34

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Echols: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Bayham: yes
    • Edmonston: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • Schamerhorn: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Fontenot: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Spell: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Carlson: yes
    • Hilferty: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Carrier: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Zeringue: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Adams: no
    • Geymann: no
    • Mena: no
    • Amedee: no
    • Green: no
    • Moore: no
    • Boyd: no
    • Henry, D.: no
    • Murray: no
    • Brass: no
    • Horton: no
    • Muscarello: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Jackson: no
    • Newell: no
    • Carpenter: no
    • Knox: no
    • Owen: no
    • Carter, R.: no
    • LaFleur: no
    • Phelps: no
    • Carter, W.: no
    • Landry, M.: no
    • Taylor: no
    • Chassion: no
    • Landry, T.: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Crews: no
    • Larvadain: no
    • Walters: no
    • Fisher: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Freeman: no
    • McCormick: no
    • Bagley: other
    • Landry, J.: other
    • Stagni: other
    • Dickerson: other
    • Lyons: other
    • Wiley: other
    • Farnum: other
    • Marcelle: other
    • Young: other
    • Johnson, T.: other
    • Melerine: other
    • Jordan: other
    • Miller: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#1031)

    2026-05-19 · pass · 26-7

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Hensgens: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Hodges: yes
    • Pressly: yes
    • Allain: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Reese: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Cathey: yes
    • Luneau: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Cloud: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Womack: yes
    • Foil: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Barrow: no
    • Duplessis: no
    • Price: no
    • Barthelemy: no
    • Harris: no
    • Boudreaux: no
    • Jenkins: no
    • Carter: other
    • Jackson-Andrews: other
    • Owen: other
    • Connick: other
    • Myers: other
    • Selders: other
  • CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1488)

    2026-05-26 · pass · 75-24

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

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