HB158 • 2026

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

Children Crime

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Dodie Horton
Last action: 2026-05-28
Official status: Sent to Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details about giving people chances to fix their mistakes, only the limits on jail time for technical violations.

Probation Rules for Minor Mistakes

This bill changes how people on probation are treated if they make minor mistakes that do not involve committing another crime.

What This Bill Does

Changes the rules about what happens when someone on probation breaks a rule that is not related to committing another crime, limiting jail time for technical violations to ninety days or up to one hundred eighty days if treatment is required.

Who It Names or Affects

People who have been put on probation by a court for crimes that are not violent or sexual in nature.
Courts and judges who decide how to handle people who break the rules of their probation.

Terms To Know

Technical violation: A mistake made while on probation, like missing a meeting with your probation officer or not paying a fine, that does not involve committing another crime.
Probation: When someone who has been found guilty of a crime is allowed to stay out of jail but must follow certain rules set by the court.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not change how people on probation for violent or sexual crimes are treated.
It's unclear what will happen next since it has been sent to the Governor for approval.

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

2026-05-28 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 (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 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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