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HB132 • 2026

CRIME/BATTERY: Provides relative to battery (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

CRIME/BATTERY: Provides relative to battery (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Crime
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Brian Glorioso
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 125
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the types of sounds included under this new definition, leaving some uncertainty about what constitutes 'sound' for legal purposes.

Battery Law Update

This act updates the definition of battery to include intentionally directing sound at someone closely enough to cause pain, injury, or hearing damage.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law so that intentionally directing sound at a person in close proximity under circumstances capable of causing physical pain, hearing impairment, or bodily injury is considered battery.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who might use loud sounds to harm others
  • Victims of such harmful sound exposure

Terms To Know

Battery
When one person uses force, violence, or harmful substances on another person.
Sound Directing
Using loud sounds in a way that could hurt someone's hearing or body.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law only applies if the sound is directed closely and can cause pain, injury, or damage to hearing.
  • It does not specify what types of sounds are included under this new definition.

Amendments

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

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB132 4825 3787 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Glorioso to Engrossed House Bill No.

  • HFAHB132 4825 3787 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Glorioso to Engrossed House Bill No.
  • 132 by Representative Glorioso 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, delete "R.S.
  • 14:33 and to enact R.S.
Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB132 4825 3328 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB132 4825 3328 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
  • 132 by Representative Glorioso 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "To" and before "relative" delete "enact R.S.
  • 14:34.2(A)(4), (B)(4), 3 (D), and (E)," and insert "amend and reenact R.S.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB132 4825 3248 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB132 4825 3248 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
  • 132 by Representative Glorioso 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 2, after "To" and before "relative" delete "enact R.S.
  • 14:34.2(A)(4), (B)(4), 3 (D), and (E)," and insert "amend and reenact R.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-15 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 125.

  3. 2026-05-13 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-13 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. 2026-05-12 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-12 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-05-11 S

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-05-04 S

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

  9. 2026-04-29 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-28 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-04-21 S

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

  12. 2026-04-20 S

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

  13. 2026-04-15 H

    Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-04-15 H

    Called from the calendar.

  15. 2026-04-15 H

    Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.

  16. 2026-04-14 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.

  17. 2026-04-14 H

    Notice given.

  18. 2026-04-14 H

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  19. 2026-04-13 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

  20. 2026-04-09 H

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

  21. 2026-04-08 H

    Reported with amendments (9-0).

  22. 2026-03-09 H

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

  23. 2026-02-13 H

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

  24. 2026-02-13 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  25. 2026-02-13 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CRIME/BATTERY: Provides relative to battery (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 1252026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 132
BY REPRESENTATIVE GLORIOSO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:33, relative to battery; to provide that intentionally directing
3 sound at a person in close proximity under circumstances capable of causing pain or
4 hearing injury constitutes battery; to provide for definitions; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:33 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 §33. Battery defined
9 Battery is the intentional use of force or violence upon the person of another;
10 or the intentional administration of a poison or other noxious liquid or substance to
11 another; or the intentional directing of sound at another, in close proximity to
12 another's ear or head, under circumstances in which the sound is capable of causing
13 physical pain, hearing impairment, or bodily injury, and in such a manner that a
14 reasonable person would foresee that the conduct would cause physical pain, hearing
15 impairment, or bodily injury.
16 * * *
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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