SB 81
  • Introduced
    Feb 20, 2026
  • Passed Senate
    Mar 24, 2026
  • Passed House
  • Became Law
SB 81
Louisiana Senate Bill
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides relative to waiver of a trial by jury in a noncapital felony case. (See Act)
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House • Mar 25, 2026: Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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SB81 Engrossed

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Mar 24, 2026, Senate
FINAL PASSAGE (#136)
YES: 27
NO: 11
OTHER: 1
YES: 27

NO: 11

ABSENT: 1

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  • Mar 25, 2026 | House
    • Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  • Mar 24, 2026 | House
    • Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
  • Mar 24, 2026 | Senate
    • Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  • Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
    • Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
  • Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
    • Reported favorably.
  • Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
    • Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
  • Feb 20, 2026 | Senate
    • Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
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