This amendment changes the bill so that debts for criminal court fines and fees, as well as violations of parish ordinances (except traffic laws), cannot be reported to credit bureaus.
Louisiana2026Enacted
HB153
Law Stopping Some Criminal Fines From Appearing on Credit Reports
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This new Louisiana law stops courts and agencies from reporting unpaid criminal fines or fees to credit bureaus, with specific exceptions for traffic violations under Title 32 and municipal laws.
What it does
- Prohibits the reporting of debts for fines or conviction fees in criminal cases involving state law or parish ordinances to credit bureaus or consumer reporting agencies.
- Excludes violations of any traffic law found in Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes from this protection.
- Excludes municipal law violations from this reporting prohibition.
Who it affects
- People who owe criminal court fines or fees under state or parish laws
- Credit bureaus and consumer reporting agencies that collect debt information
Limits and unknowns
- The rule does not stop reporting for traffic violations listed in Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
- The rule does not stop reporting for municipal law violations.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
COURTS/CRIMINAL: Provides with respect to the collection of criminal court fines and fees
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 934 without the Governor's signature.H
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.H
- Signed by the President of the Senate.S
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.H
- Received from the Senate without amendments.H
- Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
- Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
- Reported favorably.S
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.S
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.S
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.H
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.H
- Reported with amendments (14-0).H
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.H
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.H
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.H
- Prefiled.H
Changes
Amendments
3 stored
This amendment changes the bill to stop reporting criminal court fines and fees as debts, but it removes other parts of the text without replacing them.
This amendment adds a rule that traffic laws and certain city rules will not be included when collecting criminal court fines.