HB275 • 2026

CHILDREN/ABUSE: Provides relative to the minimum sentencing for child domestic abuse convictions (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: Delisha Boyd
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 146
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on enforcement mechanisms or monitoring by local authorities, leaving these points as unknowns.

Minimum Sentencing for Child Domestic Abuse

This act changes the minimum sentencing requirements when a child under 14 is present during domestic abuse or dating partner battery.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law to require at least one year in prison for someone who commits domestic abuse or dating partner battery with a child under 14 years old present, if it's their first offense.
Increases the minimum sentence to three years in prison for repeat offenders when a child under 14 is present during the crime.

Who It Names or Affects

People who commit domestic abuse or dating partner battery with a minor child under 14 years old present.
Law enforcement officers, judges, and prosecutors dealing with cases of domestic abuse or dating partner battery when a young child is involved.

Terms To Know

Dating Partner: A person who is in an intimate relationship but not married to the other person.
Domestic Abuse: Behavior by one family or household member towards another that causes harm, fear, or suffering.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify what happens if a child over the age of 13 is present during domestic abuse.
It's unclear how this act will be enforced and monitored by local authorities.

Amendments

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

House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment #1924 Horton Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFLBHB275 2395 1924 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Horton on behalf of the Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFLBHB275 2395 1924 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Horton on behalf of the Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No.
275 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 6, change "R.S.
34.9(I)" to "R.S.

House Committee Amendment #3330 ACRJ Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB275 4825 3330 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB275 4825 3330 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
275 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, delete "R.S.
14:35.3(I)" and insert "R.S.

House Committee Amendment #3266 ACRJ Draft

Draft

Plain English: HCAHB275 4825 3266 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB275 4825 3266 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
275 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, line 2, delete "R.S.
14:35.3(I)" and insert "R.S.

House Committee Amendment #3175 ACRJ Draft

Draft

Plain English: HCAHB275 4825 3175 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB275 4825 3175 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
275 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 1, delete lines 14 and 15 in their entirety and insert the following: 3 "be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than three years.
as follows: 4 (1) For a first offense, not less than one year nor more than three years at 5 hard labor.

Bill History

2026-05-15 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-15 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 146.
2026-05-14 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-14 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-13 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-13 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-12 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.
2026-05-04 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.
2026-04-20 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-04-15 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-14 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-14 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-14 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-13 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
2026-04-09 H
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-08 H
Reported with amendments (10-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-23 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-23 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CHILDREN/ABUSE: Provides relative to the minimum sentencing for child domestic abuse convictions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 1462026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 275
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYD AND SENATORS ABRAHAM, BARROW, AND
HODGES
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:34.9(I) and 35.3(I), relative to battery of a dating partner and
3 domestic abuse battery; to provide for penalties when a child is present; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:34.9(I) and 35.3(I) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 §34.9. Battery of a dating partner
9 * * *
10 I. This Subsection shall be cited as the "Dating Partner Abuse Child
11 Endangerment Law". Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, when
12 the state proves, in addition to the elements of the crime as set forth in Subsection
13 A of this Section, that a minor child thirteen years of age or younger was present at
14 the residence or any other scene at the time of the commission of the offense, the
15 offender, in addition to any other penalties imposed pursuant to this Section, shall
16 be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than three years. as follows:
17 (1) For a first offense, not less than one year nor more than three years at
18 hard labor.
19 (2) For a second or subsequent offense, not less than three years nor more
20 than six years at hard labor.
21 * * *
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HB NO. 275 ENROLLED
1 §35.3. Domestic abuse battery
2 * * *
3 I. This Subsection shall be cited as the "Domestic Abuse Child
4 Endangerment Law". Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, when
5 the state proves, in addition to the elements of the crime as set forth in Subsection
6 A of this Section, that a minor child thirteen years of age or younger was present at
7 the residence or any other scene at the time of the commission of the offense, the
8 offender, in addition to any other penalties imposed pursuant to this Section, shall
9 be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than three years. as follows:
10 (1) For a first offense, not less than one year nor more than three years at
11 hard labor.
12 (2) For a second or subsequent offense, not less than three years nor more
13 than six years at hard labor.
14 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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