HB1034 • 2026

CRIME: Authorizes the establishment of temporary protection zones (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Crime

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Tony Bacala
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 189
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on decision-making criteria for establishing temporary protection zones or consequences if violations are not immediately addressed.

Law to Create Temporary Safety Zones

This law allows local leaders to create temporary safety zones for up to three days when needed for public safety, with rules about how these zones are announced and what happens if people break the rules.

What This Bill Does

Local leaders like mayors or police chiefs can make areas off-limits temporarily to keep everyone safe.
They must write down why these zones are needed and tell everyone where the zone is and when it starts.
The safety zones cannot last longer than three days unless new ones are made if still needed.
People who break rules in these zones, like using public property wrongfully or causing damage, can get fines or jail time.

Who It Names or Affects

Local leaders and law enforcement officers
Residents of areas where safety zones might be created

Terms To Know

Temporary protection zone: An area declared off-limits by local leaders for a short time to ensure public safety.
Proclamation: A formal announcement made by an official, like a mayor or police chief, declaring the creation of a temporary protection zone.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify how local leaders should decide when to create safety zones.
It is unclear what happens if someone breaks the rules in these zones but cannot be caught right away.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

House Committee Amendment #3841 ACRJ Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB1034 4274 3841 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB1034 4274 3841 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
1034 by Representative Bacala 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 5, after "penalties;" insert "to provide for a limitation;" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
2 4 On page 2, between lines 27 and 28, insert the following: 5 "E.

House Committee Amendment #3670 ACRJ Draft

Draft

Plain English: HCAHB1034 4274 3670 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB1034 4274 3670 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
1034 by Representative Bacala 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 5, after "penalties;" insert "to provide for a limitation;" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
2 4 On page 2, between lines 27 and 28, insert the following: 5 "E.

Bill History

2026-05-15 H
Effective date: 05/15/2026.
2026-05-15 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 189.
2026-05-13 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-13 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-12 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-12 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-11 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-07 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-06 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-05 S
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
2026-04-27 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-04-22 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-22 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-21 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
2026-04-16 H
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-15 H
Reported with amendments (11-0).
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-03-30 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

CRIME: Authorizes the establishment of temporary protection zones (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 1892026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1034
BY REPRESENTATIVE BACALA
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 14:329.9, relative to offenses affecting the public generally; to authorize the
3 establishment of temporary protection zones; to provide for information to be
4 disseminated regarding temporary protection zones; to provide relative to the
5 duration of a temporary protective zone; to provide for penalties; to provide for a
6 limitation; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 14:329.9 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §329.9. Temporary protection zones; establishment; penalties
10 A. The parish president, mayor, sheriff, chief of police, or chief executive
11 officer of a political subdivision may, when necessary to ensure public safety, issue
12 a proclamation that establishes one or more temporary protection zones within the
13 territorial jurisdiction of the political subdivision. A temporary protection zone may
14 include highways, shorelines, waterways, or other areas within the jurisdiction of the
15 issuing authority.
16 B.(1) Any proclamation that establishes a temporary protection zone shall
17 be in writing and contain all of the following:
18 (a) The circumstances that necessitate the establishment of the temporary
19 protection zone.
20 (b) The geographic boundaries of the temporary protection zone, with
21 sufficient specificity to provide reasonable notice to the public.
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1 (c) The date and time when the proclamation of the temporary protection
2 zone takes effect.
3 (d) A description of the restrictions on access to or activity within the
4 temporary protection zone.
5 (2) The proclamation shall be given prompt and general publicity and shall
6 be filed with the clerk of court's office.
7 C. A temporary protection zone established pursuant to this Section shall
8 remain in effect only as long as necessary to ensure the security of the area and shall
9 not remain in effect for longer than seventy-two hours from the date and time of
10 issuance. Nothing in this Section prohibits the issuing authority from establishing
11 a new temporary protection zone upon the expiration of a previously established
12 zone, provided that the establishment of the zone is still warranted pursuant to
13 Subsection A of this Section.
14 D. A person who, after being advised of the establishment of a temporary
15 protection zone pursuant to this Section, violates any provision of the proclamation
16 that established the zone or any lawful directive given by a law enforcement officer
17 relating to the enforcement of the zone shall be punished as follows:
18 (1) If the violation involves the wrongful use of public property, the offender
19 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six
20 months, or both.
21 (2) If the violation involves serious bodily injury or property damage in
22 excess of five thousand dollars, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not
23 more than five years.
24 (3) If the violation involves the death of any person, the offender shall be
25 imprisoned at hard labor for not more than twenty-one years.
26 E. This Section does not grant a parish president, mayor, sheriff, chief of
27 police, or chief executive officer of a political subdivision the authority to act in a
28 manner inconsistent with R.S. 40:1796.
29 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
30 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
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1 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
2 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
3 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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