Agenda - Judiciary B

Senate Committee on Judiciary B
May 14, 2026 1:30 PM Room E
Scheduled
* Agenda Revised May 13, 2026, 5:21 pm * Revision Notes: Added: HB 833

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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
	May 5, 2026
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
		HCR41	ZERINGUE	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Amends administrative rules relative to alcohol rebates
		HB167	FREIBERG	PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS - Provides for the issuance of certain documentation to inmates before their release from incarceration (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
		HB175	HEBERT	LOTTERY - Creates the Veterans Service Grant Board and provides for allocation of lottery proceeds (RR +$500,000 SG EX See Note)
		HB243	WILDER	DISTRICT ATTORNEYS - Provides relative to the appointment of a substitute for a recused district attorney
		HB335	CHANCE HENRY	PUBLIC ASSISTANCE - Provides relative to entities administering public benefits
		HB492	SPELL	DWI - Creates the Governor's Task Force on Impaired Driving (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
		HB525	CARPENTER	PUBLIC SFTY/DEPARTMENT - Provides for the online publication and maintenance of certain data used and compiled by the DPS&C (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB579	LAFLEUR	CRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to the rights of survivors of sexual assault
		HB656	BRYANT	CORRECTIONS - Creates a pilot program that provides certain DPS&C programming and services to inmates (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
		HB833	BOYD	PRIVACY - Creates the Sexual Assault Survivor Empowerment Task Force
		HB968	TURNER	CRIMINAL/JUSTICE - Provides relative to electronic monitoring and associated costs (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
		HB969	WILEY	CRIMINAL/VICTIMS - Provides relative to compensation for victims of criminal offenses (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX)
		HB978	LACOMBE	INDIGENT DEFENSE - Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund
		HB985	DICKERSON	SEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY - Provides relative to identification procedures for sex offenders (EG +$200,000 SG EX See Note)
		HB1005	MUSCARELLO	INDIGENT DEFENSE - Provides relative to the office of the state public defender (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
		HB1029	PHELPS	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PERMT - Provides relative to limitations on the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage permits
		HB1038	BOYER	LAW ENFORCEMENT - Provides relative to the authority of a marshal to issue commissions to deputy marshals
		HB1077	MARTINEZ	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - Provides relative to microbrewery sales at special events
		HB1204	LYONS	JUVENILES - Provides relative to the Back on Track Youth Pilot Program
		HB1252	DESHOTEL	COURTS - Provides relative to the city court system in Avoyelles Parish (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
ADJOURNMENT

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