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IntroducedMar 17, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 29, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 19, 2026: Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 978
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Sponsors
Votes
YES: 92
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Egan
- McMakin
- Adams
- Firment
- Melerine
- Bacala
- Fisher
- Mena
- Bayham
- Fontenot
- Miller
- Beaullieu
- Freeman
- Moore
- Berault
- Freiberg
- Murray
- Billings
- Gadberry
- Muscarello
- Boudreaux
- Galle
- Newell
- Bourriaque
- Geymann
- Orgeron
- Boyd
- Glorioso
- Owen
- Boyer
- Green
- Phelps
- Brass
- Hebert
- Riser
- Braud
- Henry, C.
- Sawyer
- Broussard
- Hilferty
- Schamerhorn
- Bryant
- Horton
- Schlegel
- Butler
- Illg
- Spell
- Carpenter
- Jackson
- St. Blanc
- Carrier
- Johnson, M.
- Stagni
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Taylor
- Carter, W.
- Kerner
- Thomas
- Carver
- Knox
- Turner
- Chassion
- LaCombe
- Ventrella
- Chenevert
- LaFleur
- Villio
- Coates
- Landry, J.
- Walters
- Cox
- Landry, M.
- Wilder
- Crews
- Larvadain
- Wiley
- Deshotel
- Lyons
- Wright
- Dewitt
- Mack
- Wyble
- Dickerson
- Martinez
- Young
- Domangue
- McFarland
- Zeringue
- Edmonston
- McMahen
Actions
- May 19, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18, 2026 | Senate
- Reported favorably.
- May 04, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
- Apr 29, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 29, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
- Apr 23, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (12-0).
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
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