HB58 • 2026

BAIL: Restricts post-conviction bail for certain offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Crime

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Debbie Villio
Last action: 2026-05-22
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 285
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide a comprehensive list of all crimes that will be affected by this act beyond those specifically mentioned in Paragraph H.

Restricts Post-Conviction Bail for Certain Offenders

This act changes Louisiana's laws to limit when certain convicted people can be released on bail after their trial.

What This Bill Does

Adds new rules that say some people who are found guilty of serious crimes cannot get bail before they are sentenced or while waiting for final judgment.
Creates a rule where if someone is found guilty of a crime punishable by more than five years in prison, the court can decide not to give them bail if there's a risk they might hurt others or run away.

Who It Names or Affects

People who are found guilty of certain serious crimes in Louisiana
Courts that decide whether to give bail to convicted offenders

Terms To Know

Bail: Money or other security given to a court to allow someone to be released from jail before their trial or sentencing.
Conviction: When a person is found guilty of a crime by a judge or jury in a court of law.

Limits and Unknowns

The act does not specify all the details about how courts should decide if someone poses a danger to others or might flee.
It's unclear exactly which crimes will be affected beyond those specifically mentioned.

Amendments

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

Summary of Senate Amendments to HB58

Filed

Plain English: SSHB58 4274 4896 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 58 2026 Regular Session Villio BAIL: Restricts post-conviction bail for certain offenders Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

SSHB58 4274 4896 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 58 2026 Regular Session Villio BAIL: Restricts post-conviction bail for certain offenders Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
Provides that the rebuttable presumption relative to the danger to the community and flight risk posed by a convicted person applies to a person convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for 25 years or more that is either a sex offense or crime of violence, rather than both a sex offense and a crime of violence.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate Present law provides for the right to bail before and after conviction.
Proposed law generally retains present law.

Fiscal Note - HB58 Engrossed With Senate Floor Amendments

Filed

Plain English: Filed 3

The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.

House Vote on HB 58 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1229)

Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1229 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 58 BY VILLIO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/13/2026 Time: 2:27:38 PM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Mr.

2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1229 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 58 BY VILLIO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/13/2026 Time: 2:27:38 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 Bryant Butler Carrier Carter, R.
Carver Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
Henry, D.

Senate Floor Amendment #3145 Morris Jay Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SFAHB58 4769 3145 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Morris to Engrossed House Bill No.

SFAHB58 4769 3145 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senator Morris to Engrossed House Bill No.
58 by Representative Villio 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, delete line 10 and insert "five years or more that is both either a sex offense and 3 as defined in R.S.
15:541 or a crime" Page 1 of 1

Bill History

2026-05-22 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-22 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 285.
2026-05-19 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-18 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-18 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-13 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-12 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
2026-05-12 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-11 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.
2026-05-04 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.
2026-04-21 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-04-20 S
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-20 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-20 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-20 H
Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
2026-04-13 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
2026-04-13 H
Notice given.
2026-04-13 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-13 H
Called from the calendar.
2026-03-31 H
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-03-30 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
2026-03-26 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-25 H
Reported favorably (11-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-01-30 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/30/2026.
2026-01-30 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-01-30 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

BAIL: Restricts post-conviction bail for certain offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 58
BY REPRESENTATIVE VILLIO
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 312(E) through (H) and to enact
3 Code of Criminal Procedure Article 312(I), relative to bail; to prohibit bail after
4 conviction for certain offenders; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 312(E) through (H) are hereby
7 amended and reenacted and Code of Criminal Procedure Article 312(I) is hereby enacted to
8 read as follows:
9 Art. 312. Right to bail before and after conviction
10 * * *
11 E. After Except as provided in Paragraph H of this Article, after conviction
12 and before sentence, bail shall be allowed if the maximum sentence which may be
13 imposed is imprisonment for five years or less. Bail Except as provided in Paragraph
14 H of this Article, bail may be allowed pending sentence if the maximum sentence
15 which may be imposed is imprisonment exceeding five years, except when the court
16 has reason to believe, based on competent evidence, that the release of the person
17 convicted will pose a danger to any other person or the community, or that there is
18 a substantial risk that the person convicted might flee.
19 F. After Except as provided in Paragraph H of this Article, after sentence and
20 until final judgment, bail shall be allowed if a sentence of five years or less is
21 actually imposed. Bail Except as provided in Paragraph H of this Article, bail may
22 be allowed after sentence and until final judgment if the sentence actually imposed
23 exceeds imprisonment for five years, except when the court has reason to believe,
24 based on competent evidence, that the release of the person convicted will pose a
25 danger to any other person or the community, or that there is a substantial risk that
26 the person convicted might flee.
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HB NO. 58 ENROLLED
1 G.(1) After conviction of a capital offense, a defendant shall not be allowed
2 bail.
3 (2)(a) After conviction of any crime punishable by imprisonment for twenty-
4 five years or more that is both either a sex offense and as defined in R.S. 15:541 or
5 a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), there shall be a rebuttable
6 presumption that the release of the person convicted will pose a danger to another
7 person or the community and that there is a substantial risk that the person convicted
8 might flee.
9 (b) For purposes of this Paragraph:
10 (i) "Crime of violence" means any offense defined or enumerated as a crime
11 of violence in R.S. 14:2(B).
12 (ii) "Sex offense" means any offense that requires registration and
13 notification pursuant to R.S. 15:540 et seq.
14 H. After conviction, a defendant shall not be allowed bail for any of the
15 following offenses:
16 (1) A capital offense.
17 (2) Any aggravated offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 that is committed
18 against a victim who is a minor.
19 H. I. A person held without bail or unable to post bail may invoke the
20 supervisory jurisdiction of the court of appeal on a claim that the trial court has
21 improperly refused bail or a reduction of bail in a bailable case.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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