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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 517: JUVENILE PROCEDURE: Provides for the right to a jury trial for certain juvenile offenders

In committee 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 517 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on February 26, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: JUVENILE PROCEDURE: Provides for the right to a jury trial for certain juvenile offenders. Primary sponsor: Wilford Carter (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 19, 2026): Involuntarily deferred in committee.

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
Wilford CarterPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse34

“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. Involuntarily deferred in committee.
  2. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
  3. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
  4. Prefiled.
  5. 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