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2026 Regular Session

HB52

Provides relative to trial of misdemeanors (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Current disposition
Became Law Without Signature
Last status date
May 15, 2026
Last status update
Becomes Act No. 192 without the Governor's signature.
Author
Debbie Villio

Legislative progress

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House passed April 13, 2026 Senate passed May 5, 2026 Enrolled May 6, 2026 Became law May 15, 2026
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Partner positions

👎 3 cumulative active dislikes

Dislikes

Citizens for a New Louisiana Awaiting review of version 5

This bill erodes one of the most fundamental protections in our justice system—the right to be judged by a jury of one’s peers. A penalty of up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine is not trivial, and citizens facing the loss of their liberty should not have that decision placed solely in the hands of a single judge. When government seeks to punish someone with jail time, the safeguard of a jury trial should remain intact.

Recorded floor votes

2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

April 13, 2026 · House

House Vote on HB 52 FINAL PASSAGE (#460)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

85 yea–3 nay · 17 absent

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May 5, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on HB 52 FINAL PASSAGE (#582)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

33 yea–2 nay · 4 absent

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Committee referrals

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.

  1. House Effective date: 05/17/2026.
  2. House Becomes Act No. 192 without the Governor's signature.
  3. House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
  5. House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  6. House Received from the Senate without amendments.
  7. Senate Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
  8. Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  9. Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  10. Senate Reported favorably.
  11. Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
  12. Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  13. House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
  14. House Called from the calendar.
  15. House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/26.
  16. House Notice given.
  17. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  18. House Called from the calendar.
  19. House Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
  20. House Notice given.
  21. House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  22. House Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
  23. House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  24. House Reported with amendments (12-0).
  25. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  26. House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.
  27. House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  28. House Prefiled.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2102586
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/HB52.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00