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HB1204 • 2026

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

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

Children Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Rodney Lyons
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
Passed the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation includes details about funding allocation that are not explicitly stated in the provided official summary or bill text, leading to removal of this specific claim.

Back on Track Youth Pilot Program Changes

This bill changes the administration and funding allocation for the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program by removing the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board and adding the Office of Juvenile Justice as an administrator.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes where fifteen percent of savings from criminal justice reforms go to fund the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program, now going to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections instead of the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board.
  • Adds the Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) as an administrator for the program.
  • Removes the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board from being an administrator of the program.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Youth involved in the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
  • Departments and agencies that administer the program, including the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Juvenile Justice, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Education, Louisiana Works

Terms To Know

Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
A program designed to help young people who have been involved in the criminal justice system.
Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ)
The part of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections that deals with youth-related issues.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how much money will be allocated to the program.
  • Does not provide details on how the changes will affect the youth involved in the program.

Bill History

  1. 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.

  2. 2026-05-20 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  3. 2026-05-19 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  4. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported favorably.

  5. 2026-05-06 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

  6. 2026-05-05 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  7. 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.

  8. 2026-04-29 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.

  9. 2026-04-29 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  10. 2026-04-28 H

    Reported favorably (10-0).

  11. 2026-04-01 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  12. 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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HLS 26RS-2468 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1204
BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS
JUVENILES: Provides relative to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
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 * * *
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-2468 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 1204
1 §951. Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
2 * * *
3 C.(1) This program shall be administered by selected nonprofit groups as
4 well as the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of juvenile justice,
5 the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Education, and
6 Louisiana Works, and the Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board.
7 (2) The Louisiana Children's Trust Fund Board Department of Public Safety
8 and Corrections, office of juvenile justice, is hereby named as the intermediary of the
9 program with the authority to manage or administer funds and address any changes
10 in program funding as needed.
11 * * *
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1204 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Lyons
Abstract: Provides relative to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program and removes the La.
Children's Trust Fund Bd. with respect to administration of funds.
Present law (R.S. 15:827.3) provides for savings attributable to criminal justice reforms.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C), at the end of each
fiscal year, to calculate the annual savings realized as a result of criminal justice
reinvestment and provides for allocation of the annual savings.
Present law requires that 15% of the annual savings be allocated to the La. Children's Trust
Fund Bd. for administration and operation of the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program as
provided in present law (R.S. 15:951).
Proposed law changes the recipient of the 15% allocation from the La. Children's Trust Fund
Bd. to the DPS&C, office of juvenile justice (OJJ).
Present law (R.S. 15:951) provides for the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law (R.S. 15:951(C)) requires the program be administered by selected nonprofit
groups, certain state agencies, and the La. Children's Trust Fund Bd.
Proposed law amends present law to add the OJJ as an administering entity and remove the
La. Children's Trust Fund Bd. as an administering entity.
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are additions.
HLS 26RS-2468 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 1204
Present law designates the La. Children's Trust Fund Bd. as the intermediary of the program
with the authority to manage or administer funds and address any changes in program
funding as needed.
Proposed law changes the intermediary from the La. Children's Trust Fund Bd. to the OJJ.
(Amends R.S. 15:827.3(A)(2)(d) and 951(C))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.