DOMESTIC ABUSE: Adds intentional evasion of service of process for certain court orders as conduct that constitutes a violation of a protective order

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 140
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on specific types of court orders or enforcement mechanisms.

Domestic Abuse Protection Act

This act adds intentional evasion of legal service for certain court orders to the list of actions that violate protective orders.

What This Bill Does

Adds a new section to Louisiana law stating that intentionally avoiding being served with legal papers is now against the rules if it's related to specific types of court orders.

Who It Names or Affects

People with protective orders against them
Courts that issue protective orders

Terms To Know

Service of process: The act of giving someone official legal papers, like a court order.
Protective order: A court order that helps protect people from abuse or threats by setting rules for the abuser's behavior.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify how to enforce this new rule.
It is unclear what specific punishments will be applied for breaking these rules.

Amendments

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

Summary of Senate Amendments to HB231

Filed

Plain English: SSHB231 4274 4503 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 231 2026 Regular Session Boyer DOMESTIC ABUSE: Adds intentional evasion of service of process for certain court orders as conduct that constitutes a violation of a protective order Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

SSHB231 4274 4503 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 231 2026 Regular Session Boyer DOMESTIC ABUSE: Adds intentional evasion of service of process for certain court orders as conduct that constitutes a violation of a protective order Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Present law provides for the crime of violation of protective orders.
Proposed law generally retains present law and provides that a person may be found criminally liable for intentionally evading service of process for certain lawful orders issued by a court relative to injunctions, protective orders, temporary restraining orders, and Uniform Abuse Prevention Orders.

House Committee Amendment #2401 ACRJ Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB231 4274 2401 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB231 4274 2401 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
231 by Representative Boyer 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, delete lines 3 and 4 in their entirety and insert "provide for conduct that 3 constitutes violation of a protective order;" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
2 5 On page 1, line 13, after "Procedure" change "Articles" to "Article" 6 AMENDMENT NO.

House Committee Amendment #2128 ACRJ Draft

Draft

Plain English: HCAHB231 4274 2128 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB231 4274 2128 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
231 by Representative Boyer 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, delete lines 3 and 4 in their entirety and insert "provide for conduct that 3 constitutes violation of a protective order;" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
2 5 On page 1, line 13, after "Procedure" change "Articles" to "Article" 6 AMENDMENT NO.

House Vote on HB 231 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1080)

Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1080 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 231 BY BOYER CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/11/2026 Time: 3:21:04 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.

2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1080 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 231 BY BOYER CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/11/2026 Time: 3:21:04 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.
Speaker Adams Amedee Bacala Bagley Bamburg Bayham Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Butler Carpenter Carrier Carter, R.
Carter, W.
Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.

Bill History

2026-05-15 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-15 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 140.
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.
2026-05-11 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-07 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
2026-05-06 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-05 S
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-27 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-22 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-21 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-01 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-03-31 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-31 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 7. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-30 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
2026-03-26 H
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-25 H
Reported with amendments (11-0).
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.
2026-02-20 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-20 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Adds intentional evasion of service of process for certain court orders as conduct that constitutes a violation of a protective order

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 1402026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 231
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 14:79(I), relative to temporary restraining orders and protective orders; to
3 provide for conduct that constitutes violation of a protective order; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:79(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §79. Violation of protective orders
8 * * *
9 I. Violation of protective orders shall also include the intentional evasion of
10 service of process of any lawful order of the court issued pursuant to R.S. 9:361 et
11 seq., R.S. 9:372, R.S. 28:53.2, R.S. 46:2131 et seq., R.S. 46:2151, R.S. 46:2181 et
12 seq., Children's Code Articles 1564 et seq., Code of Civil Procedure Article 3601 or
13 3607.1, or Code of Criminal Procedure Article 30, 320, or 871.1.
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.