SB 523 Louisiana 2026 session

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Provides relative to defendants who are victims of domestic abuse, human trafficking, or sexual assault. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Status

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor vote
  4. Passed
  5. Enacted

Enacted — last recorded action May 29, 2026

Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 526.

Recorded votes

CONCUR (#1190)

37 yes · 0 no · pass May 25, 2026

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1398)

95 yes · 1 no · pass May 19, 2026

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FINAL PASSAGE (#410)

36 yes · 0 no · pass April 21, 2026

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Passage likelihood

Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.

State-level impact

State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.

Official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 526.
  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.
  3. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  4. Signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
  6. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
  7. Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  8. Called from the calendar.
  9. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
  10. Received from the House with amendments.
  11. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026.
  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
  14. Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  15. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  16. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
  17. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  18. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
  19. Substitute for Senate Bill No. 91. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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