2026 Regular Session
HB59
Provides relative to the funding of the office of the district public defender in the 19th Judicial District Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
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.
Partner positions
Dislikes
GENERAL OBJECTION TO THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE CARVE-OUTS Our legislature should take a more practical and principled approach by adopting laws of general applicability rather than creating narrow statutory carve-outs tailored to individual jurisdictions. If a policy is appropriate for one municipality, parish or body, it should be made available statewide, allowing local governing authorities to determine whether and how it should be implemented within their communities. The continued proliferation of location-specific exceptions undermines consistency in the law and encourages piecemeal legislation rather than sound statewide policy.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 7, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 59 FINAL PASSAGE (#985)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
95 yea–0 nay · 10 absent
May 27, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 59 FINAL PASSAGE (#1466)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
May 27, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 59 CO-AUTHORS (#1467)
Passed
7 yea–0 nay · 32 absent
Committee referrals
May 12, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary B
January 30, 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: 08/01/2026.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 611.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Senate Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Senate 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 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported favorably.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
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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 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (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 1/30/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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House Prefiled.