HB158 • 2026

PROBATION: Provides relative to technical violations of probation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Children Crime

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 622
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the impact or outcomes related to the number of people going to jail for minor rule breaks.

Probation Rules for Technical Violations

This act changes the rules about how long someone on probation can be sent to jail if they break minor rules, but not serious ones.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law so that people who break minor rules while on probation might have to go back to jail for up to 90 days.
Limits how long someone can stay in jail or a special substance abuse treatment program if they break minor rules.

Who It Names or Affects

People who are on probation after being convicted of crimes that are not violent or sexual offenses.
Courts and judges who decide on probation violations.

Terms To Know

Technical violation: A minor rule break, like missing a meeting with your probation officer.
Custodial substance abuse treatment program: A special jail-like place where people get help for drug or alcohol problems.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not change rules for people on probation who have committed violent crimes or sex offenses.
It is unclear how this will affect the number of people going to jail for minor rule breaks.

Amendments

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

House Floor Amendment #2904 Horton Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB158 4274 2904 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Horton to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFAHB158 4274 2904 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Horton to Engrossed House Bill No.
158 by Representative Horton 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, delete line 18 in its entirety and insert the following: 3 "of not more than ninety days without diminution of sentence.
If the sentence 4 is to be served in a custodial substance abuse treatment program, the defendant may 5 be required to serve a sentence of not more than one hundred eighty days without 6 diminution of sentence." Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

Bill History

2026-06-02 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-02 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 622.
2026-05-28 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-27 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-27 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-21 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-20 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-19 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-14 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-04-13 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-08 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-07 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2026.
2026-04-01 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-31 H
Reported favorably (9-0).
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

PROBATION: Provides relative to technical violations of probation (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 6222026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 158
BY REPRESENTATIVE HORTON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 900(A)(6)(b), relative to
3 probation; to provide relative to technical violations of probation; to provide for
4 penalties; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 900(A)(6)(b) is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 900. Violation hearing; sanctions
9 A.
10 * * *
11 (6)
12 * * *
13 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (5) of this Paragraph,
14 any defendant who has been placed on probation by the court for the conviction of
15 an offense other than a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or of a sex
16 offense as defined by R.S. 15:541, and who has been determined by the court to have
17 committed a technical violation of his probation, may be required to serve a sentence
18 of not more than ninety days without diminution of sentence. If the sentence is to
19 be served in a custodial substance abuse treatment program, the defendant may be
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HB NO. 158 ENROLLED
1 required to serve a sentence of not more than one hundred eighty days without
2 diminution of sentence.
3 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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