LA HB160 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on June 2 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-06-02 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Passed on June 2 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-06-02 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Increases the penalties for certain domestic violence offenses that involve strangulation (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Title
Increases the penalties for certain domestic violence offenses that involve strangulation (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Sponsors
| Rep. Alonzo Knox [D] |
Roll Calls
2026-05-26 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 160 FINAL PASSAGE (#1313) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - House - House Vote on HB 160 FINAL PASSAGE (#458) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - House - House Vote on HB 160 FINAL PASSAGE (#458) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | House | Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| 2026-06-02 | House | Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 623. |
| 2026-05-28 | House | Sent to the Governor for executive approval. |
| 2026-05-27 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate. |
| 2026-05-27 | House | Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. |
| 2026-05-26 | House | Received from the Senate without amendments. |
| 2026-05-26 | Senate | Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. |
| 2026-05-21 | Senate | Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. |
| 2026-05-20 | Senate | Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. |
| 2026-05-19 | Senate | Reported favorably. |
| 2026-04-14 | Senate | Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. |
| 2026-04-13 | Senate | Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Called from the calendar. |
| 2026-04-13 | House | Read by title, returned to the calendar. |
| 2026-04-09 | House | Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026. |
| 2026-04-08 | House | Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. |
| 2026-04-07 | House | Reported favorably (17-0). |
| 2026-03-23 | House | Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. |
| 2026-03-18 | House | Reported with amendments (12-0). |
| 2026-03-09 | House | Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. |
| 2026-02-13 | House | First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026. |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Prefiled. |
