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IntroducedFeb 13, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 13, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
DOMESTIC ABUSE: Increases the penalties for certain domestic violence offenses that involve strangulation (EG SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 14, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
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Comments on HB 160
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YES: 96
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Edmonston
- Martinez
- Adams
- Egan
- McCormick
- Amedee
- Farnum
- McMahen
- Bacala
- Firment
- McMakin
- Bagley
- Fontenot
- Melerine
- Bamburg
- Freeman
- Mena
- Bayham
- Freiberg
- Moore
- Beaullieu
- Gadberry
- Murray
- Berault
- Galle
- Muscarello
- Billings
- Geymann
- Orgeron
- Boudreaux
- Glorioso
- Owen
- Bourriaque
- Green
- Phelps
- Boyd
- Hebert
- Riser
- Boyer
- Henry, C.
- Sawyer
- Brass
- Henry, D.
- Schamerhorn
- Braud
- Hilferty
- Schlegel
- Broussard
- Horton
- Spell
- Butler
- Illg
- St. Blanc
- Carlson
- Johnson, M.
- Tarver
- Carpenter
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Carver
- Kerner
- Thompson
- Chassion
- Knox
- Turner
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Ventrella
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Villio
- Cox
- Landry, J.
- Walters
- Crews
- Landry, M.
- Wilder
- Deshotel
- Landry, T.
- Wiley
- Dewitt
- Larvadain
- Wright
- Dickerson
- Lyons
- Wyble
- Domangue
- Mack
- Young
- Echols
- Marcelle
- Zeringue
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 14, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Called from the calendar.
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 07, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (17-0).
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (12-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 13, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

