LA HB161 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 161

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 15 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-15 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Provides relative to bail conditions for defendants alleged to have committed certain human trafficking offenses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Title

Provides relative to bail conditions for defendants alleged to have committed certain human trafficking offenses (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Roll Calls

2026-05-11 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 161 FINAL PASSAGE (#742) (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-04-09 - House - House Vote on HB 161 FINAL PASSAGE (#388) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-15	House	Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-15	House	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 131.
2026-05-13	House	Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-13	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-12	House	Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-12	House	Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-11	Senate	Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-04	Senate	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-29	Senate	Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-28	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. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-09	House	Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-08	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
2026-04-07	House	Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-01	House	Reported with amendments (10-0).
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.

Subjects

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB161&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1438811
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458481
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471375
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1475093
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454371
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457282
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458418
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1438824
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1455484
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458716
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459066
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471721
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460679
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471151