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HB978 • 2026

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Jeremy LaCombe
Last action
2026-06-23
Official status
Became law without the Governor's signature - Act 930
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund

What This Bill Does

  • INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted

Plain English: HCAHB978 4274 4356 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB978 4274 4356 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
  • 978 by Representative LaCombe 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 3, change "in favor of the town of Addis" to "for municipalities with certain 3 populations" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, line 9, delete "in the town of" and at the beginning of line 10, delete "Addis," 6 AMENDMENT NO.
Draft

Plain English: HCAHB978 4274 4051 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.

  • HCAHB978 4274 4051 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 2026 Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to Original House Bill No.
  • 978 by Representative LaCombe 1 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 1 2 On page 1, line 3, change "in favor of the town of Addis" to "for municipalities with certain 3 populations" 4 AMENDMENT NO.
  • 2 5 On page 1, line 9, delete "in the town of" and at the beginning of line 10, delete "Addis," 6 AMENDMENT NO.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-23 H

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  2. 2026-06-23 H

    Becomes Act No. 930 without the Governor's signature.

  3. 2026-05-28 H

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. 2026-05-27 H

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  5. 2026-05-27 S

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

  7. 2026-05-26 S

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. 2026-05-20 S

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

  9. 2026-05-19 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported favorably.

  11. 2026-05-04 S

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

  12. 2026-04-29 S

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

  13. 2026-04-29 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. 2026-04-27 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.

  15. 2026-04-27 H

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

  16. 2026-04-23 H

    Reported with amendments (12-0).

  17. 2026-03-18 H

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

  18. 2026-03-17 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED
ACT No. 9302026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 978
BY REPRESENTATIVE LACOMBE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:168(B)(1)(a), relative to the judicial district indigent defender
3 fund; to provide an exception for municipalities with certain populations; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:168(B)(1)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §168. Judicial district indigent defender fund
8 * * *
9 B.(1)(a) Every court of original criminal jurisdiction, except in the town of
10 Jonesville, in the city of Plaquemine, and in mayors' courts in municipalities having
11 a population of less than five nine thousand, shall remit the following special costs
12 to the district indigent defender fund for the following violations, under state statute
13 as well as under parish or municipal ordinance, except a parking violation. Except
14 as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, the sum of forty-five dollars shall
15 be assessed in cases in which a defendant is convicted after a trial, a plea of guilty
16 or nolo contendere, or after forfeiting bond and shall be in addition to all other fines,
17 costs, or forfeitures imposed.
18 * * *
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.