HB 978STATE · LouisianaIntroduced

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

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

Voted: 4/29/2026

How representatives voted

90 yea·1 nay

Action history

  • 4/29/2026Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  • 4/27/2026Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
  • 4/23/2026Reported with amendments (12-0).
  • 3/17/2026Read by title. Lies over under the rules.