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Louisiana 2026

SB 97

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Constitutional amendment to require the prosecutor's consent for a defendant to waive his right to a trial by jury. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 13:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2026-02-20 00:00:00

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Called from the calendar.

  2. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  3. Called from the calendar.

  4. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  5. Notice given.

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

  7. Called from the calendar.

  8. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  9. Notice given.

  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2026.

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

  12. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  13. Notice given.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.

  15. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    reading-3

  16. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  17. Reported with amendments (5-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  19. Reported favorably (7-3). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    referral-committee

  21. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 11 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    passage

  22. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  23. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  24. Reported favorably.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    referral-committee

  26. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    filing, referral-committee

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