CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Prohibits certain individuals from having an ownership interest or financial interest in any company that provides electronic monitoring services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

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Enacted

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

Sponsor: Mike Bayham
Last action: 2026-06-01
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 729
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Ban on Judges and Law Enforcement Family Members Owning Electronic Monitoring Companies

This act stops judges, district attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police, constables, marshals, and their immediate family members from owning or financially benefiting from companies that provide electronic monitoring services.

What This Bill Does

Bans judges, district attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police, constables, and marshals from having ownership or financial interests in companies that offer electronic monitoring services.
Extends the ban to immediate family members of these officials who are also prohibited from owning or financially benefiting from such companies.

Who It Names or Affects

Judges, district attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police, constables, and marshals in Louisiana.
Immediate family members of the above officials.

Terms To Know

Electronic monitoring: A system used to track a person's location or activities without physical supervision, often used as an alternative to incarceration.
Immediate family: Includes spouses, parents, children, and siblings according to Louisiana law.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify what happens if someone violates this ban.
It is unclear how the enforcement of these prohibitions will be carried out.

Amendments

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

House Floor Amendment #5274 Horton Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment adds the chief of police, constable, and marshal to the list of individuals prohibited from having an ownership or financial interest in companies that provide electronic monitoring services.

Adds 'chief of police', 'constable', and 'marshal' to the existing list of individuals who cannot own shares or have a financial stake in companies providing electronic monitoring services.

Bill History

2026-06-01 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-01 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 729.
2026-05-29 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-28 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-28 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-28 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-27 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-26 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-25 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-21 S
Reported favorably.
2026-05-18 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
2026-05-14 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-13 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-13 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-05-12 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.
2026-05-12 H
Notice given.
2026-05-12 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-05-11 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.
2026-05-11 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-07 H
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 123 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (10-0).

Official Summary Text

CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Prohibits certain individuals from having an ownership interest or financial interest in any company that provides electronic monitoring services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 7292026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1257 (Substitute for House Bill No. 123 by Representative Bayham)
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:835(D), relative to electronic monitoring; to provide for
3 prohibitions relative to ownership or financial interests in electronic monitoring
4 service providers; to provide for a definition; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:835(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §835. Registration of electronic monitoring service providers
8 * * *
9 D.(1) An elected official, or any immediate family member of an elected
10 official, shall be prohibited from being a vendor, or having No elected judge, district
11 attorney, sheriff, chief of police, constable, marshal, nor any immediate family of
12 these individuals shall have an ownership interest or a financial interest in a vendor,
13 for any company that provides electronic monitoring services in this state.
14 (2) For the purposes of this Subsection, "immediate family" has the same
15 meaning as provided in R.S. 42:1102.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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