LA HB 978
enactedINDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund
Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did LA HB 978 pass?
Yes. LA HB 978 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-17): Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
What is LA HB 978 about?
LA HB 978 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund”.
Who sponsors LA HB 978?
Jeremy LaCombe is the primary sponsor of LA HB 978.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-17 — Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Jeremy LaCombeprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-23
Becomes Act No. 930 without the Governor's signature.
became-law
2026-06-23
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-28
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-05-27
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-27
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-26
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-26
Received from the Senate without amendments.
receipt
2026-05-20
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-19
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18
Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-04
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-29
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-29
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-04-27
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-04-27
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
2026-04-23
Reported with amendments (12-0).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-18
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
referral-committee
2026-03-17
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
Versions
Documents
Votes
FINAL PASSAGE (#827)
2026-04-29 · pass · 92-2
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Egan: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Adams: yes
- Firment: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Mena: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Miller: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Moore: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Murray: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Galle: yes
- Newell: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Green: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Brass: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Riser: yes
- Braud: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Butler: yes
- Illg: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Jackson: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Carter, W.: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carver: yes
- Knox: yes
- Turner: yes
- Chassion: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Villio: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Walters: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Crews: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wright: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Young: yes
- Domangue: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Amedee: no
- McCormick: no
- Bagley: other
- Farnum: other
- Marcelle: other
- Bamburg: other
- Henry, D.: other
- Tarver: other
- Carlson: other
- Johnson, T.: other
- Thompson: other
- Echols: other
- Landry, T.: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1282)
2026-05-26 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (39)
- 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
- Jenkins: yes
- Price: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Reese: yes
- Carter: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Womack: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Mr. President: other
- Jackson-Andrews: other
- Connick: other
- Selders: other
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