HB399 • 2026

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to temporary release of inmates for limited purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Jerome Zeringue
Last action: 2026-06-23
Official status: Became law without the Governor's signature - Act 945
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to temporary release of inmates for limited purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

What This Bill Does

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to temporary release of inmates for limited purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2026-06-23 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-23 H
Becomes Act No. 945 without the Governor's signature.
2026-06-01 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-31 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-29 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-28 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-28 S
Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-28 S
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-12 S
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-05-12 S
Rules suspended.
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.
2026-04-15 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
2026-04-14 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-14 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-14 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-08 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
2026-04-08 H
Notice given.
2026-04-08 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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 (7-0).
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.
2026-02-25 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-25 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to temporary release of inmates for limited purposes (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 9452026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 399
BY REPRESENTATIVES ZERINGUE AND CHASSION
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:833.2(A), relative to temporary release of an inmate for
3 limited purposes; to provide for the number of days in which death is expected for
4 purposes of authorizing temporary release; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:833.2(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §833.2. Temporary release of inmate for limited purposes
8 A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the secretary
9 may authorize the temporary release of any inmate, except an inmate sentenced to
10 death, for palliative or medical care when an inmate is diagnosed with a terminal
11 illness, and death is expected within sixty one hundred twenty days or when an
12 inmate is to be confined to an acute care hospital or nursing home with a condition
13 that totally prevents mobility, including but not limited to prolonged coma or
14 mechanical ventilation.
15 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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