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LA SB95

Bill

Status

Passed

6/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Heather Cloud

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires electronic monitoring providers to report violations to law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts within 30 minutes of verification, shortened from the previous one-day requirement

  • Creates the crime of "violation of electronic monitoring conditions" with penalties of up to $500 fine and 6 months imprisonment for entering exclusion zones or violating curfew orders; enhanced to $1,000 fine and 1 year hard labor if a felony is committed during the violation or if released on bail for a violent felony

  • Mandates court termination of electronic monitoring and remand to custody after a third finding of noncompliance

  • Adult participants must bear the cost of electronic monitoring; courts may waive costs for juveniles

  • Providers who intentionally fail to report required information face fines up to $1,000 per day (maximum $10,000 per instance), up to 6 months imprisonment, and a 5-year ban from providing monitoring services in Louisiana

Legislative Description

Provides relative to electronic monitoring of certain offenders. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Last Action

Effective date 8/1/2025.

6/20/2025

Committee Referrals

Administration of Criminal Justice5/20/2025
Finance5/8/2025
Judiciary C4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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