Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana HB 168
CORRECTIONS: Creates a transitional reentry program for female parolees (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican)
Cosponsors (38)
- Mandie Landry (Democratic)
- Ken Brass (Democratic)
- John Wyble (Republican)
- Debbie Villio (Republican)
- Francis C. Thompson (Republican)
- Sylvia Taylor (Democratic)
- Annie Spell (Republican)
- Laurie Schlegel (Republican)
- Paul Sawyer (Republican)
- Tammy Phelps (Democratic)
- Ed Murray (Democratic)
- Pat Moore (Democratic)
- Dustin Miller (Democratic)
- Michael Melerine (Republican)
- Chasity Martinez (Democratic)
- Rodney Lyons (Democratic)
- Ed Larvadain III (Democratic)
- Terry Landry Jr
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democratic)
- Edmond Jordan (Democratic)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. (Democratic)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democratic)
- Bryan Fontenot (Republican)
- Adrian Fisher (Democratic)
- Kathy Edmonston (Republican)
- Kellee Dickerson (Republican)
- Kim Carver (Republican)
- R. Dewith Carrier (Republican)
- Barbara Carpenter (Democratic)
- Rhonda Butler (Republican)
- Marcus Bryant (Democratic)
- Delisha Boyd (Democratic)
- Beth Billings (Republican)
- Stephanie Berault (Republican)
- Mike Bayham (Republican)
- Daryl Adams (Democratic)
- Alonzo Knox (Democratic)
- Emily Chenevert (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Feb 18, 2026): Prefiled.
Text versions
- House Committee Amendment, #1357, ACRJ, Draft
- House Committee Amendment, #2876, ACRJ, Adopted
- HB168 Original
- HB168 Engrossed
- HB168 Enrolled
- HB168 Act 290
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:08 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 Senate | FINAL PASSAGE (#875) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
| Apr 8, 2026 House | FINAL PASSAGE (#351) | pass | Set your home in Louisiana to see |
Actions
- Feb 18, 2026 · House
Prefiled. - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. - Feb 20, 2026 · House
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026. - Mar 9, 2026 · House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Reported with amendments (8-0). - Apr 1, 2026 · House
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. - Apr 7, 2026 · House
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026. - Apr 8, 2026 · House
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. - Apr 8, 2026 · Senate
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. - Apr 13, 2026 · Senate
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. - May 5, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended. Reported favorably. - May 6, 2026 · Senate
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. - May 7, 2026 · Senate
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. - May 13, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. - May 18, 2026 · House
Received from the Senate without amendments. - May 18, 2026 · House
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. - May 18, 2026 · Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate. - May 19, 2026 · House
Sent to the Governor for executive approval. - May 22, 2026 · House
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 290. - May 22, 2026 · House
Effective date: 08/01/2026.