LA HB396 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 29 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-29 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 29 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-29 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]
Summary
Provides relative to the admissibility of autopsy photographs in criminal proceedings
Title
Provides relative to the admissibility of autopsy photographs in criminal proceedings
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2026-05-21 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 396 FINAL PASSAGE (#1138) (Y: 27 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - House - House Vote on HB 396 FINAL PASSAGE (#613) (Y: 79 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - House - House Vote on HB 396 FINAL PASSAGE (#613) (Y: 79 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | House | Effective date: 08/01/2026. |
| 2026-05-29 | House | Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 549. |
| 2026-05-26 | House | Sent to the Governor for executive approval. |
| 2026-05-25 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate. |
| 2026-05-25 | House | Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. |
| 2026-05-25 | House | Received from the Senate without amendments. |
| 2026-05-21 | Senate | Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. |
| 2026-05-14 | Senate | Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. |
| 2026-05-13 | Senate | Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. |
| 2026-05-12 | Senate | Reported favorably. |
| 2026-04-22 | Senate | Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. |
| 2026-04-21 | Senate | Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. |
| 2026-04-21 | House | Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 16. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. |
| 2026-04-20 | House | Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026. |
| 2026-04-15 | House | Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. |
| 2026-04-14 | 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. |
| 2026-02-27 | House | First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026. |
| 2026-02-25 | House | Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. |
| 2026-02-25 | House | Prefiled. |
