HB191 • 2026

CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to credit for prior custody (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Crime

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Debbie Villio
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 134
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the limits of jail credit application beyond prohibiting overlapping credits.

Credit for Time Served in Custody

This act changes how credit is given for time spent in jail before a sentence is decided, ensuring that overlapping credits are not allowed when multiple sentences run consecutively.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law to say defendants cannot get extra jail credit if they have served time for different charges that will be served one after another.
States that any extra jail credit given in violation of this rule is not valid and does not count towards a sentence.

Who It Names or Affects

People who have been sentenced to consecutive prison terms for different charges.
Courts that decide on jail credits for defendants.

Terms To Know

consecutive sentences: Sentences that are served one after another, not at the same time.
jail credit: Time spent in jail before a sentence is decided can be counted towards reducing the total sentence.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify how to handle cases where overlapping credits have already been awarded.
It only applies to sentences imposed after August 1, 2026.

Bill History

2026-05-15 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-15 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 134.
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 36 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.
2026-04-13 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-04-08 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, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 5. 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.
2026-02-20 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-18 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-18 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to credit for prior custody (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 1342026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 191
BY REPRESENTATIVE VILLIO
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 880(F) and (G), relative to credit for time
3 served in actual custody; to provide for limitations; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 880(F) and (G) are hereby enacted
7 to read as follows:
8 Art. 880. Credit for prior custody; limitations
9 * * *
10 F. A defendant shall not receive overlapping jail credit when consecutive
11 sentences are imposed for multiple counts or charges, regardless if the sentence
12 imposed is subsequently corrected pursuant to Article 881.5. Credit for time spent
13 in actual custody shall be applied to only one of the consecutive sentences imposed.
14 G. Any overlapping jail credit that is awarded in violation of this Article is
15 null, void, and of no effect.
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.