HB769 • 2026

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the removal authority process with respect to domestic offenders

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Delisha Boyd
Last action: 2026-06-08
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 834
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the removal authority process with respect to domestic offenders

What This Bill Does

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the removal authority process with respect to domestic offenders

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Summary of Senate Amendments to HB769

Filed

Plain English: SSHB769 4825 6174 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 769 2026 Regular Session Boyd DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the removal authority process with respect to domestic offenders Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.

SSHB769 4825 6174 HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS HB 769 2026 Regular Session Boyd DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the removal authority process with respect to domestic offenders Synopsis of Senate Amendments 1.
Changes the beginning of the proposed law cooling off period from the offender's arrest to a determination of probable cause.
2.
Requires the court to consider any fact presented that indicates that the defendant poses an increased risk to the victim, the victim's family, or the public before imposing a cooling off period.

House Floor Amendment #5204 Villio Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFAHB769 4825 5204 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Villio to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFAHB769 4825 5204 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Villio to Engrossed House Bill No.
769 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, at the end of line 3, change "shall" to "may" 3 AMENDMENT NO.
2 4 On page 2, after line 9, add the following: 5 "* * *" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment #3397 Horton Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HFLBHB769 2395 3397 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Horton on behalf of the Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No.

HFLBHB769 2395 3397 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Representative Horton on behalf of the Legislative Bureau to Engrossed House Bill No.
769 by Representative Boyd AMENDMENT NO.
1 On page 2, following line 9, insert "* * *" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

House Committee Amendment #5117 ACRJ Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB769 4825 5117 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

HCAHB769 4825 5117 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
769 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, at the end of line 5, insert "This holding period runs concurrently with the time 3 period provided in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 230.1." Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

House Vote on HB 769 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1695)

Filed

Plain English: 2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1695 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 769 BY BOYD CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:22:08 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.

2026 Regular Session Sequence: 1695 HBS AMENDED BY SENATE TO BE CONCURRED IN HB 769 BY BOYD CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS Date: 5/29/2026 Time: 11:22:08 AM ROLL CALL The roll was called with the following result: YEAS Adams Amedee Bacala Bamburg Beaullieu Berault Billings Boudreaux Bourriaque Boyd Boyer Brass Braud Broussard Bryant Butler Carlson Carrier Carter, R.
Carver Chassion Chenevert Coates Cox Crews Deshotel Dewitt Dickerson Domangue Echols Edmonston Egan Farnum Firment Fisher Fontenot Freeman Freiberg Gadberry Galle Geymann Glorioso Green Hebert Henry, C.
Henry, D.
Hilferty Horton Illg Jackson Johnson, M.

Senate Committee Amendment #3962 JUDC Adopted

Adopted

Plain English: SCAHB769 4769 3962 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to Reengrossed House Bill No.

SCAHB769 4769 3962 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to Reengrossed House Bill No.
769 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, line 2, after "bail." delete the remainder of the line.
3 AMENDMENT NO.

Senate Committee Amendment #3912 JUDC Draft

Draft

Plain English: SCAHB769 4769 3912 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to Reengrossed House Bill No.

SCAHB769 4769 3912 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to Reengrossed House Bill No.
769 by Representative Boyd 1 AMENDMENT NO.
1 2 On page 2, line 2, after "bail." delete the remainder of the line.
3 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

2026-06-08 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-08 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 834.
2026-06-01 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-06-01 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-31 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-29 H
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-27 H
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26 H
Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-26 S
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-21 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-20 S
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-19 S
Reported with amendments.
2026-05-13 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2026-05-12 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-11 H
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-07 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
2026-05-07 H
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-05-06 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.
2026-02-27 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2026-02-27 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

DOMESTIC ABUSE: Provides relative to the removal authority process with respect to domestic offenders

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 8342026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 769
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 313(A)(2), relative to arrests
3 made for domestic abuse; to provide for minimum holding periods; and to provide
4 for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 313(A)(2) is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 313. Gwen's Law; bail hearings; detention without bail
9 A.
10 * * *
11 (2)(a) A contradictory bail hearing, as provided for in this Paragraph, may
12 be held prior to setting bail for a person in custody who is charged with domestic
13 abuse battery, violation of protective orders, stalking, or any felony offense involving
14 the use or threatened use of force or a deadly weapon upon the defendant's family
15 member, as defined in R.S. 46:2132 or upon the defendant's household member as
16 defined in R.S. 14:35.3, or upon the defendant's dating partner, as defined in R.S.
17 46:2151. If the court orders a contradictory hearing, the hearing shall be held within
18 five days from the date of determination of probable cause, exclusive of weekends
19 and legal holidays. At the contradictory hearing, the court shall determine the
20 conditions of bail or whether the defendant should be held without bail pending trial.
21 If the court decides not to hold a contradictory hearing, it shall notify the prosecuting
22 attorney prior to setting bail.
23 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsubparagraph (a) of this
24 Subparagraph, a person charged with any crime listed in this Paragraph, and for whom a
25 determination of probable cause has been made, may be held without bail for not less than
26 forty-eight hours nor more than seventy-two hours following the d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f
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HB NO. 769 ENROLLED
1 probable cause. This holding period shall run concurrently with the t i m e p e r i o d
2 provided in Article 230.1.
3 (c) In deciding whether to impose the holding period authorized by
4 Subsubparagraph (b) of this Subparagraph, the court shall consider any facts
5 presented that indicate an increased risk to the victim, including but not limited to
6 stalking, strangulation, violation of a protective order, use or threatened use of force
7 or a deadly weapon, serious bodily injury, or documented threats to the victim, the
8 victim's family, or the public.
9 (d) The holding period provided for in Subsubparagraph (b) of this
10 Subparagraph may be referred to as a "cooling off" period for the benefit of the
11 victim.
12 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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