STATE BILLLA HB 126PASSED

Provides relative to the use of a facility dog by a witness during certain circumstances

State of Louisiana

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: Jun 2, 2026; 163 days ago
Current chamber: House of Representatives
Session: 2026 Regular Session

LA HB 126 · PassedJun 2

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Last action: Effective date: 08/01/2026. · Jun 2, 2026

Bill history

Newest first.

Jun 2, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026.House

Jun 2, 2026Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 616.House

Jun 1, 2026Sent to the Governor for executive approval.House

Jun 1, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate.Senate

May 31, 2026Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.House

May 29, 2026Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.House

May 27, 2026Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.House

May 26, 2026Received from the Senate with amendments.House

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May 26, 2026Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Senate

May 26, 2026Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.Senate

May 5, 2026Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.Senate

Apr 27, 2026Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Senate

Apr 22, 2026Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Senate

Apr 21, 2026Reported favorably.Senate

Mar 31, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.Senate

Mar 30, 2026Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Senate

Mar 26, 2026Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.House

Mar 26, 2026Called from the calendar.House

Mar 26, 2026Read by title, returned to the calendar.House

Mar 25, 2026Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.House

Mar 24, 2026Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.House

Mar 23, 2026Reported with amendments (14-0).House

Mar 9, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.House

Feb 13, 2026First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.House

Feb 13, 2026Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.House

Feb 13, 2026Prefiled.House

Recorded votes

House Vote on HB 126 FINAL PASSAGE (#148)Mar 26, 2026 · House · 91 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Vote on HB 126 FINAL PASSAGE (#1373)May 26, 2026 · Senate · 36 yea · 0 nayPassed

House Vote on HB 126 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1662)May 29, 2026 · House · 99 yea · 0 nayPassed

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