HB1257 • 2026

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

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Mike Bayham
Last action: 2026-05-26
Official status: Pending Senate final passage - Sched. for 5/27/26
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific definitions or enforcement mechanisms, leaving some aspects of the bill's implementation unclear.

Prohibits Certain People From Owning or Investing in Electronic Monitoring Companies

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

What This Bill Does

Adds a rule to Louisiana law that bans certain people from having ownership or financial interests in companies that offer electronic monitoring services.
Includes elected judges, district attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police, constables, and marshals along with their immediate family members under this ban.

Who It Names or Affects

Judges
District Attorneys
Sheriffs
Chiefs of Police
Constables
Marshals
Immediate family members of the above individuals

Terms To Know

Electronic Monitoring Services: Services that use technology to track and monitor people, often used in criminal justice settings.
Immediate Family: Includes spouses, children, parents, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, and other close relatives as defined by law.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if someone violates this rule.
It is unclear how the ban will be enforced or monitored.
There are no details on penalties for breaking these rules.

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 a list of individuals who cannot have an ownership or financial interest in companies that provide electronic monitoring services.

Adds 'chief of police,' 'constable,' and 'marshal' after 'sheriff' in the bill.

The amendment does not specify any other changes beyond adding these titles to the list.

Bill History

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 (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HLS 26RS-4934 REENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1257 (Substitute for House Bill No. 123 by Representative Bayham)
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM
CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Prohibits certain individuals from having an ownership interest or
financial interest in any company that provides electronic monitoring services
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.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-4934 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 1257
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 1257 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Bayham
Abstract: Prohibits certain individuals from having an ownership or financial interest in
electronic monitoring providers in the state of La.
Present law provides for registration of electronic monitoring service providers.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law prohibits an elected official, or any immediate family member of an elected
official, from being a vendor or having a financial interest in a vendor for electronic
monitoring services in the state of La.
Proposed law amends present law to apply this prohibition to elected judges, district
attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police, constables, marshals, and any immediate family of these
individuals.
Proposed law defines "immediate family".
(Amends R.S. 15:835(D))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Apply the proposed law prohibition to elected chiefs of police, constables,
marshals, and any immediate family of these individuals.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.