Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 59

INDIGENT DEFENSE: 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)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• C. Denise Marcelle (Democratic)

Cosponsors (20)

• Beth Mizell (Republican)
• Jay Luneau (Democratic)
• Samuel Jenkins (Democratic)
• Katrina Jackson-Andrews (Democratic)
• Royce Duplessis (Democratic)
• Gary Carter (Democratic)
• Regina Ashford Barrow (Democratic)
• Rashid Young (Democratic)
• Mark Wright (Republican)
• Joy Walters (Democratic)
• Sylvia Taylor (Democratic)
• Ed Murray (Democratic)
• Rodney Lyons (Democratic)
• Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democratic)
• Alonzo Knox (Democratic)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican)
• Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democratic)
• Peter Egan (Republican)
• Beth Billings (Republican)
• Mike Bayham (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• House Floor Amendment, #5165, Marcelle, Adopted
• HB59 Original
• HB59 Engrossed
• HB59 Reengrossed
• HB59 Enrolled
• HB59 Act 611

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

Actions

• Jan 30, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Jan 30, 2026 · House
  Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
• Jan 30, 2026 · House
  First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.
• Mar 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
• Apr 15, 2026 · House
  Reported favorably (11-0).
• Apr 16, 2026 · House
  Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Apr 21, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
• Apr 22, 2026 · House
  Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• Apr 22, 2026 · House
  Notice given.
• Apr 22, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
• Apr 27, 2026 · House
  Called from the calendar.
• Apr 27, 2026 · House
  Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• Apr 27, 2026 · House
  Notice given.
• Apr 27, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
• Apr 29, 2026 · House
  Called from the calendar.
• Apr 29, 2026 · House
  Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Notice given.
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Called from the calendar.
• May 7, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• May 11, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• May 12, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
• May 21, 2026 · Senate
  Reported favorably.
• May 25, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 26, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  Called from the Calendar.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• May 28, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate without amendments.
• May 28, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• May 28, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• Jun 2, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 611.
• Jun 2, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 08/01/2026.