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LA HB125

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/13/2026

Primary Sponsor

Dodie Horton

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Courts must provide a copy of the completed sex offender registration form to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole, when offenders are not sentenced to incarceration

  • Written notification forms to sex offenders must now include information about lifetime supervision requirements under R.S. 15:561.4 for offenses involving victims under age 13

  • Violations of supervised release conditions (R.S. 15:561.7) may be prosecuted in the parish where the violation occurred, in addition to existing venue options

  • For supervised release violations, venue is deemed proper in either the parish of the court that placed the offender on supervised release or the parish where any act constituting the violation occurred

  • Amends R.S. 15:543(A), R.S. 15:543.1, adds R.S. 15:561.7(C), and enacts Code of Criminal Procedure Article 611(F)

Legislative Description

Provides relative to the supervised release of sex offenders

SEX OFFENSE/REGISTRY

Last Action

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Administration of Criminal Justice2/13/2026

Full Bill Text

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