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HB153 • 2026

COURTS/CRIMINAL: Provides with respect to the collection of criminal court fines and fees

COURTS/CRIMINAL: Provides with respect to the collection of criminal court fines and fees

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Mandie Landry
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Sent to Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on what remains unchanged regarding the collection of criminal court fines and fees.

No Reporting Criminal Fines to Credit Bureaus

This bill stops courts from reporting criminal court fines and fees to credit bureaus or consumer reporting agencies, except for traffic violations covered by Title 32 of Louisiana Revised Statutes or municipal laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a new law that says criminal court fines and fees cannot be reported to credit bureaus or consumer reporting agencies, excluding traffic violations under Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes or municipal laws.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who have been fined in criminal cases
  • Credit bureaus and consumer reporting agencies

Terms To Know

Consumer Reporting Agency
A company that collects information about how people handle money, like paying bills on time.
Criminal Court Fines
Money a person has to pay as part of their punishment for breaking the law.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not apply to traffic violations covered by Title 32 of Louisiana Revised Statutes or municipal laws.
  • The bill does not change other rules about collecting criminal court fines and fees.

Amendments

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

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB153 4872 4781 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB153 4872 4781 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.
  • 153 by Representative Mandie Landry 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 3, after "fees;" delete the remainder of the line and delete line 4 in its entirety 3 and insert "to prohibit the reporting of a debt for criminal" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, delete lines 13 through 15 in their entirety and insert the following: 6 "or parish ordinances, excluding violations of any traffic law found in Title 32 of the 7 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or municipal law, shall not be reported to a credit 8 bureau or consumer reporting agency." Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB153 4872 4612 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB153 4872 4612 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.
  • 153 by Representative Mandie Landry 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 3, after "fees;" delete the remainder of the line and delete line 4 in its entirety 3 and insert "to prohibit the reporting of a debt for criminal" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, line 13, after "shall not be" delete the remainder of the line 6 AMENDMENT NO.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB153 4872 2040 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB153 4872 2040 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to Original House Bill No.
  • 153 by Representative Mandie Landry 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 13, after "ordinances" and before "shall not" insert a comma ", and 3 "excluding violations of any traffic law found in Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes 4 of 1950 or municipal law," Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. 2026-05-28 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. 2026-05-28 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. 2026-05-28 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  5. 2026-05-27 S

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  6. 2026-05-26 S

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

  7. 2026-05-25 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  8. 2026-05-21 S

    Reported favorably.

  9. 2026-05-12 S

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

  10. 2026-05-11 S

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

  11. 2026-05-07 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  12. 2026-05-06 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  13. 2026-05-06 H

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

  14. 2026-05-05 H

    Reported with amendments (14-0).

  15. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  16. 2026-02-13 H

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

  17. 2026-02-13 H

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  18. 2026-02-13 H

    Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

COURTS/CRIMINAL: Provides with respect to the collection of criminal court fines and fees

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 153
BY REPRESENTATIVES MANDIE LANDRY AND CHASSION
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:571.11(P), relative to the collection and reporting of debts for criminal
3 court fines or fees; to prohibit the reporting of a debt for criminal fines or fees to a
4 credit bureau or consumer reporting agency; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:571.11(P) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §571.11. Dispositions of fines and forfeitures
8 * * *
9 P. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a debt for a
10 fine or conviction fee in criminal cases and prosecutions for violations of state law
11 or parish ordinances, excluding violations of any traffic law found in Title 32 of the
12 Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or municipal law, shall not be reported to a credit
13 bureau or consumer reporting agency.
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
are additions.