CORRECTIONS: Provides relative to the reentry preparation program (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Crime Education

Passed Legislature

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about the bill's financial impact, so this claim was removed.

Repealing a Part of the Reentry Preparation Program Law

This bill removes section E from Louisiana's reentry preparation program law, which included an entrepreneurial educational curriculum.

What This Bill Does

Removes section E from R.S. 15:827.1, which is a part of the state’s reentry preparation program law.
Eliminates the entrepreneurial educational curriculum that was included as part of the reentry preparation program.

Who It Names or Affects

People who work with or are involved in Louisiana's reentry preparation programs for former prisoners.
Former prisoners and those preparing to leave prison who were supposed to receive entrepreneurial education as part of their program.

Terms To Know

Reentry Preparation Program: A program designed to help people who have been in prison prepare for life after they are released.
Entrepreneurial Educational Curriculum: A part of the reentry preparation program that teaches former prisoners how to start and run their own businesses.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not provide details on what will replace or continue from the removed sections.
It is unclear if there are other parts of the law that will be affected by this change.
The exact date when these changes take effect has not been specified.

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
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-06 S
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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.
2026-03-30 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
2026-03-25 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-25 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-25 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-03-25 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-03-23 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.
2026-03-23 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-18 H
Reported favorably (12-0).
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.
2026-02-24 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-24 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CORRECTIONS: Provides relative to the reentry preparation program (EG NO IMPACT See Note)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 351
BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
1 AN ACT
2 To repeal R.S. 15:827.1(E), relative to reentry programs; to repeal the entrepreneurial
3 educational curriculum relative to the reentry preparation program.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 15:827.1(E) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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