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HB957 • 2026

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the transfer of prisoners

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the transfer of prisoners

Crime
Enacted

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

Sponsor
R. Dewith Carrier
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
Signed by the Governor - Act 89
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about what happens if notification requirements are not followed, leaving this as an unknown.

Prisoner Transfer Rules

This act changes the rules for transferring certain prisoners to another parish jail and sets new notification requirements.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires sheriffs proposing to transfer prisoners who are not under sentence from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to notify the prosecuting authority at least seventy-two hours before making the transfer.
  • Also requires notifying the court that set bail for these prisoners at least seventy-two hours before transferring them.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Prisoners who are not under sentence from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
  • Sheriffs proposing to transfer prisoners
  • Prosecuting authorities
  • Courts setting bail

Terms To Know

Department of Public Safety and Corrections
The state agency responsible for managing prisons and other correctional facilities.
Parish
A county-like administrative division in Louisiana.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the notification requirements are not followed.
  • The act only applies to prisoners who are not under sentence from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

Amendments

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

Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB957 4274 2327 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB957 4274 2327 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
  • 957 by Representative Carrier 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 12, after "notify" and before "the court" insert "the prosecuting authority 3 and" Page 1 of 1 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-05-11 H

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 89.

  3. 2026-05-11 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.

  4. 2026-05-08 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. 2026-05-07 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. 2026-05-07 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-05-06 S

    Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-04-27 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. 2026-04-22 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-04-21 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-03-31 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

  12. 2026-03-30 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. 2026-03-30 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-03-26 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

  15. 2026-03-25 H

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. 2026-03-24 H

    Reported with amendments (12-0).

  17. 2026-03-10 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  18. 2026-03-09 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the transfer of prisoners

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
ENROLLED
ACT No. 892026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 957
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARRIER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:706(A)(2), relative to prisoners; to provide relative to the
3 transfer of prisoners; to provide relative to notification procedures; and to provide
4 for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:706(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §706. Transfer of prisoners to jail of another parish
8 A.
9 * * *
10 (2) If the prisoner or prisoners to be transferred are not under sentence to the
11 Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the sheriff proposing to make the
12 transfer shall notify the prosecuting authority and the court which that set bail for the
13 prisoner or prisoners at least seventy-two hours before making the transfer.
14 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.