2026 Regular Session
HB159
Creates a pretrial incarceration alternative pilot program in Caddo Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 22, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 159 FINAL PASSAGE (#644)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
90 yea–0 nay · 15 absent
May 26, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 159 FINAL PASSAGE (#1362)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
38 yea–0 nay · 1 absent
May 29, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 159 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1665)
Passed
99 yea–0 nay · 6 absent
June 1, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 159 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1833)
Passed
93 yea–0 nay · 12 absent
June 1, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 159 ADOPT (#1637)
Passed
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
Committee referrals
April 28, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary C
February 13, 2026 · House
Administration of Criminal Justice
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Effective date: See Act.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 784.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
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Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
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Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. View roll call
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House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2026.
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House Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
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House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: Jenkins, Morris, and Boudreaux.
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House House conferees appointed: Jackson, Villio, and Amedee.
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Senate Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
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House Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
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House Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
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Senate Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Senate Rules suspended.
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Senate Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (11-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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House Prefiled.