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Louisiana House Bill 59
Session 2026
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)
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Active
Passed Senate on May 27, 2026
First Action
Jan 30, 2026
Latest Action
Jun 2, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
59
State
Louisiana
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
C. Denise Marcelle
Primary
Democrat
Aimee Adatto Freeman
Cosponsor
Democrat
Alonzo L. Knox
Cosponsor
Republican
Barbara Reich Freiberg
Cosponsor
Republican
Beth Billings
Cosponsor
Republican
Beth Mizell
Cosponsor
Democrat
Ed Murray
Cosponsor
Democrat
Gary M. Carter, Jr.
Cosponsor
Democrat
Joy Walters
Cosponsor
Democrat
Katrina R. Jackson
Cosponsor
Republican
Mark Wright
Cosponsor
Republican
Mike Bayham
Cosponsor
Republican
Peter Egan
Cosponsor
Democrat
Rashid Young
Cosponsor
Democrat
Regina Ashford Barrow
Cosponsor
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Cosponsor
Democrat
Royce Duplessis
Cosponsor
Democrat
Sam Jenkins
Cosponsor
Democrat
Sylvia Taylor
Cosponsor
Democrat
Vanessa Caston LaFleur
Cosponsor
Democrat
W. Jay Luneau
Cosponsor
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (2)
checkPassed on May 7, 2026
Motion Text
FINAL PASSAGE (#985)
House Roll Call Votes
Democrat
Adrian Fisher
Yes
Democrat
Aimee Adatto Freeman
Yes
Democrat
Alonzo L. Knox
Yes
Unknown
Amedee
Yes
Republican
Annie Spell
Yes
Republican
Barbara Reich Freiberg
Yes
Democrat
Barbara W. Carpenter
Yes
Republican
Beth Billings
Yes
Republican
Brett F. Geymann
Yes
Republican
Brian Glorioso
Yes
Republican
Bryan Fontenot
Yes
Democrat
C. Denise Marcelle
Yes
Democrat
C. Travis Johnson
Yes
Democrat
Candace N. Newell
Yes
Republican
Chad Boyer
Yes
Republican
Chance Henry
Yes
Republican
Charles Anthony Owen
Yes
Democrat
Chasity Martinez
Yes
Republican
Christopher Turner
Yes
Democrat
Dana Henry
Yes
Republican
Danny McCormick
Other
Republican
Daryl Andrew Deshotel
Yes
Republican
Debbie Villio
Yes
Democrat
Delisha Boyd
Yes
Republican
Dennis Bamburg
Yes
Republican
Dixon McMakin
Yes
Republican
Dodie Horton
Yes
Republican
Doyle Boudreaux
Yes
Democrat
Dustin Miller
Yes
Democrat
Ed Larvadain III
Yes
Democrat
Ed Murray
Yes
Democrat
Edmond Jordan
Yes
Republican
Emily Chenevert
Yes
Republican
Foy Bryan Gadberry
Yes
Republican
Francis C. Thompson
Yes
Unknown
Galle
Yes
Republican
Gerald "Beau" Alphonse Beaullieu, IV
Yes
Republican
Jack G. McFarland
Other
Republican
Jacob Braud
Yes
Republican
Jacob Landry
Yes
Republican
Jason DeWitt
Yes
Republican
Jeff Wiley
Other
Republican
Jeremy S. LaCombe
Yes
Republican
Jerome "Zee" Zeringue
Yes
Republican
Jessica Domangue
Yes
Republican
John R. Illg, Jr.
Yes
Republican
John Wyble
Yes
Republican
Joseph A. Stagni
Yes
Republican
Joseph Orgeron
Yes
Republican
Josh Carlson
Yes
Democrat
Joy Walters
Yes
Republican
Kathy Edmonston
Other
Republican
Kellee Hennessy
Yes
Democrat
Kendricks "Ken" Brass
Yes
Republican
Kim Carver
Yes
Republican
Kim Coates
Yes
Democrat
Kyle M. Green, Jr.
Other
Republican
Lauren Ventrella
Yes
Republican
Laurie Schlegel
Yes
Republican
Lawrence A. "Larry" Bagley
Other
Republican
Leslie "Les" Farnum
Other
Democrat
Mandie Landry
Yes
Democrat
Marcus Anthony Bryant
Yes
Republican
Mark Wright
Yes
Republican
Michael "Gabe" Firment
Yes
Republican
Michael Charles Echols
Other
Republican
Michael Melerine
Yes
Republican
Michael T. Johnson
Yes
Republican
Mike Bayham
Yes
Unknown
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Republican
Neil Riser
Yes
Republican
Nicholas Muscarello, Jr.
Yes
Democrat
Patricia "Pat" Moore
Yes
Republican
Paul Sawyer
Yes
Republican
Peter Egan
Yes
Republican
Phillip Eric Tarver
Yes
Republican
Polly Thomas
Yes
Republican
R. Dewith Carrier
Yes
Democrat
Rashid Young
Yes
Republican
Raymond J. Crews
Yes
Republican
Rhonda Gaye Butler
Yes
Democrat
Robby Carter
Yes
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Yes
Republican
Rodney Wayne Schamerhorn
Yes
Republican
Roger Wilder
Yes
Democrat
Roy Daryl Adams
Yes
Republican
Ryan Joseph Bourriaque
Yes
Democrat
Shaun Mena
Yes
Republican
Sherman Q. Mack
Yes
Republican
Skip Broussard
Yes
Republican
Stephanie Berault
Yes
Republican
Stephanie Hilferty
Yes
Democrat
Steven Jackson
Yes
Democrat
Sylvia Taylor
Yes
Democrat
Tammy T. Phelps
Yes
Democrat
Tehmi Chassion
Yes
Democrat
Terry Landry
Other
Republican
Timothy P. Kerner
Yes
Republican
Tony Bacala
Yes
Republican
Troy Hebert
Yes
Democrat
Vanessa Caston LaFleur
Yes
Republican
Vincent "Vinney" J. St. Blanc III
Yes
Republican
Vincent Cox
Yes
Republican
Wayne McMahen
Yes
Democrat
Wilford Dan Carter, Sr.
Other
Summary
Unavailable
Text (6)
HB59 Act 611
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1480510
HB59 Enrolled
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1477939
HB59 Reengrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1470277
HB59 Engrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462653
HB59 Original
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1436149
House Floor Amendment, #5165, Marcelle, Adopted
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1469671
Documents (3)
Digest of HB59 Reengrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1470439
Digest of HB59 Engrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462880
Digest of HB59 Original
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1436153
Actions (17)
06/02/2026
House
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
06/01/2026
House
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
05/28/2026
House
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
05/27/2026
Senate
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
05/27/2026
Senate
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
05/25/2026
Senate
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
05/12/2026
Senate
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
05/07/2026
House
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
05/06/2026
House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
04/29/2026
House
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
04/27/2026
House
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
04/27/2026
House
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
04/22/2026
House
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
04/22/2026
House
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2026.
04/16/2026
House
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
03/09/2026
House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
01/30/2026
House
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
Sources
LA Legislature
Open States
https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB59/
Record Created
Jan 30, 2026 4:07:52 PM
Record Updated
Jun 10, 2026 1:21:43 AM
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