HB151 • 2026

CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to expungement of arrest information (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Crime

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Chad Boyer
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 129
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about the impact of the act on individuals with arrests but no convictions.

Expungement Requirements for Arrest Records

This act sets rules for submitting documents to the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information when someone wants to expunge arrest information.

What This Bill Does

Requires people who want to remove arrest records from their criminal history to submit specific documents along with a motion to expunge.
Includes a recent criminal background check, a certification letter from the district attorney, court minute entries or charge disposition reports, and charging instruments like bills of information or affidavits.
Specifies that these documents must be submitted within 60 days of filing for expungement.

Who It Names or Affects

People who want to remove arrest records from their criminal history
The Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
District attorneys, sheriffs' offices, and the Louisiana State Police

Terms To Know

Expungement: A legal process that removes or seals arrest records from someone's criminal history.
Charging instrument: Documents like a bill of information, indictment, or affidavit used to formally charge someone with a crime.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify what happens if the required documents are not submitted within 60 days.
This law only applies to Louisiana and becomes effective on August 1, 2026.

Amendments

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

House Floor Amendment #3535 Boyer Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB151 4825 3535 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Boyer to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFAHB151 4825 3535 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Boyer to Engrossed House Bill No.
151 by Representative Boyer AMENDMENT NO.
1 On page 1, at the beginning of line 9, delete "A." 1 AMENDMENT NO.
2 2 On page 1, line 9, after "documents" and before "shall" delete ", if any exist," 3 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-05-15 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-15 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 129.
2026-05-13 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-13 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-12 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-12 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
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.
2026-05-04 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-29 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-28 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-22 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-04-21 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-20 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-20 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-14 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
2026-04-14 H
Notice given.
2026-04-09 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-08 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
2026-04-07 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-01 H
Reported favorably (10-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-13 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
2026-02-13 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-13 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to expungement of arrest information (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 1292026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 151
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 978.1, relative to expungement; to provide for
3 submission of documents to the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
4 with a motion to expunge; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 978.1 is hereby enacted to read as
7 follows:
8 Art. 978.1. Requirements for submitting motion to expunge arrest information
9 The following documents shall be submitted to the Bureau of Criminal
10 Identification and Information in addition to the motion for expungement:
11 (1) Criminal background check from the Louisiana State Police or a
12 respective sheriff's office dated within sixty days of filing.
13 (2) Certification letter from the district attorney verifying to his knowledge
14 that the applicant has no convictions or pending applicable charges within the
15 requisite time period of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 978 with the office of
16 the district attorney, and whether any charges were refused related to the arrest
17 incident in the motion for expungement.
18 (3) Court minute entries showing final disposition of the case, or in the
19 absence of court minutes, a charge disposition report, or a letter from the Clerk of
20 Court that no such records exist.
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HB NO. 151 ENROLLED
1 (4) Charging instrument, including a bill of information, indictment, or
2 affidavit.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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