Louisiana Criminal Justice Bills

COURTS: Provides relative to the civil jurisdictional amounts for the First and Second Parish Courts

CHARITABLE GAMING: Provides for the Charitable Raffles, Bingo and Keno Licensing Law. (8/1/26)

COURTS/CRIMINAL: Provides with respect to the collection of criminal court fines and fees

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to temporary release of inmates for limited purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

COURTS/COURT COSTS: Increases court costs for the Fourth Judicial District (EN +$313,179 LF RV See Note)

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to requests for admissions

COURTS/JUVENILE: Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the Juvenile Court for the parish of East Baton Rouge

LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Increases the benefit paid to survivors of law enforcement officers and firemen (EN +$800,000 GF EX See Note)

APPROPRIATIONS: Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2026-2027

CRIMINAL/PENALTIES: Provides relative to penalties for hit-and-run driving (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HEALTH: Provides for prohibitions on hiring individuals with certain criminal convictions

CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)

JUDGES: Provides relative to judicial salaries (EN +$6,690,757 GF EX See Note)

CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Creates a pretrial incarceration alternative pilot program in Caddo Parish (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

CRIME: Provides relative to unlawful conduct involving images of another person created by artificial intelligence (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to the seizure of off-road vehicles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

SEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY: Provides relative to sex offender registration and notification requirements

TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Provides with respect to training law enforcement officers regarding certain traffic stops

CRIME/THEFT: Adds theft or unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure as a predicate crime for terrorism (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CRIME: Provides relative to the unlawful use of an unmanned aircraft system (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)