JUVENILES: Provides relative to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program

Children Education

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Rodney Lyons
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 714
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed implementation specifics for the program.

Back on Track Youth Pilot Program

This act allocates fifteen percent of annual savings from criminal justice reforms to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program and sets up its administration.

What This Bill Does

Allocates fifteen percent of annual savings from criminal justice reforms to the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Juvenile Justice for administering and operating the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program as provided in R.S. 15:951.
Designates selected nonprofit groups along with several state departments including the Department of Public Safety and Corrections' Office of Juvenile Justice, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Education, and Louisiana Works to administer the program.
Names the Department of Public Safety and Corrections' Office of Juvenile Justice as the intermediary responsible for managing funds and addressing changes in funding.

Who It Names or Affects

Youth participants in the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
Departments involved in administering the program, including the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Juvenile Justice, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Education, and Louisiana Works.

Terms To Know

Back on Track Youth Pilot Program: A program designed to help at-risk youth through various state agencies and nonprofit organizations.
Intermediary: The entity responsible for managing funds and making decisions about the program's funding needs.

Limits and Unknowns

The exact details of how the program will be implemented are not specified in this act.
It is unclear what specific changes can be made to the program by the intermediary without further guidance.

Bill History

2026-06-02 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-02 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 714.
2026-05-28 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-20 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-19 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-18 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-06 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
2026-05-05 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-05 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-29 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
2026-04-29 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-28 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

JUVENILES: Provides relative to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 7142026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1204
BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:827.3(A)(2)(d) and 951(C), relative to the Back on Track
3 Youth Pilot Program; to provide relative to allocation of certain monies; to provide
4 for administration of the program; to provide relative to the intermediary of the
5 program; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 15:827.3(A)(2)(d) and 951(C) are hereby amended and reenacted to
8 read as follows:
9 §827.3. Savings attributable to criminal justice reforms; data collection and
10 reporting requirements to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
11 A.
12 * * *
13 (2) Each fiscal year, the annual savings shall be allocated as follows:
14 * * *
15 (d) Fifteen percent shall be allocated to the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund
16 Board Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of juvenile justice, to
17 administer and operate the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program as provided in R.S.
18 15:951.
19 * * *
20 §951. Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
21 * * *
22 C.(1) This program shall be administered by selected nonprofit groups as
23 well as the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of juvenile justice,
24 the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Education, and
25 Louisiana Works, and the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board.
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HB NO. 1204 ENROLLED
1 (2) The Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board Department of Public Safety
2 and Corrections, office of juvenile justice, is hereby named as the intermediary of the
3 program with the authority to manage or administer funds and address any changes
4 in program funding as needed.
5 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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