Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Session
- 2026
- Chamber
- lower
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- Not supplied
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-02-24 00:00:00
Sponsors
- Josh Carlson (primary), primary
Louisiana 2026
CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the reassignment of a defendant's case when the right to a jury trial has been waived
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Source-supplied history
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 541.
became-law, executive-signatureEffective date: 08/01/2026.
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receiptEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passageReceived from the Senate without amendments.
receiptRules suspended.
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorableRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
reading-2, referral-committeeReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1Called from the calendar.
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 57, nays 36. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passageCalled from the calendar.
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
Notice given.
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
Notice given.
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 50, nays 49. Failed to pass, motion to reconsider pending.
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3Reported favorably (9-3).
committee-passage-favorableRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
referral-committeeFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
Prefiled.
filingUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
referral-committeeDocuments and versions
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