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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 276: BAIL: Authorizes a court to conduct a contradictory bail hearing prior to setting bail for a person in custody who is charged with certain sexually based offenses against a child under the age of eighteen

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 276 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: BAIL: Authorizes a court to conduct a contradictory bail hearing prior to setting bail for a person in custody who is charged with certain sexually based offenses against a child under the age of eighteen. Primary sponsor: Barbara Carpenter (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 7, 2026): Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse63

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
  2. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  3. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  4. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
  6. Reported with amendments (11-0).
  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  8. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  9. Prefiled.
  10. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source