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State Government / Louisiana / Legislation / HB 546

HB 546Session 2026HouseBecame law

LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Provides relative to the ability of peace officers to take a person into protective custody

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Latest development · May 29, 2026

Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 556.

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Session
2026
Introduced
Feb 26, 2026
Latest passage
May 21, 2026
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Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorAnnie Spell
cosponsorAdrian Fisher
cosponsorAlonzo Knox
cosponsorSteven Jackson
cosponsorTehmi Chassion

Action timeline

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View full action timeline24 actions⌄
  1. May 29, 2026

    Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 556.

    Became LawExecutive SignatureHouse
  2. May 29, 2026

    Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    House
  3. May 26, 2026

    Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    Executive ReceiptHouse
  4. May 25, 2026

    Received from the Senate without amendments.

    ReceiptHouse
  5. May 25, 2026

    Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    EnrolledHouse
  6. May 25, 2026

    Signed by the President of the Senate.

    Senate
  7. May 21, 2026

    Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    PassageSenate
  8. May 18, 2026

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    Reading 3Senate
  9. May 14, 2026

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    Senate
  10. May 13, 2026

    Reported favorably.

    Committee Passage FavorableSenate
  11. Apr 8, 2026

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    Reading 2Referral CommitteeSenate
  12. Apr 7, 2026

    Called from the calendar.

    House
  13. Apr 7, 2026

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    PassageHouse
  14. Apr 7, 2026

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

    Reading 1Senate
  15. Mar 30, 2026

    Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    House
  16. Mar 30, 2026

    Notice given.

    House
  17. Mar 30, 2026

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.

    House
  18. Mar 26, 2026

    Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

    House
  19. Mar 25, 2026

    Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    Reading 3House
  20. Mar 24, 2026

    Reported with amendments (12-0).

    Committee Passage FavorableHouse
  21. Mar 9, 2026

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  22. Feb 27, 2026

    First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

    House
  23. Feb 26, 2026

    Prefiled.

    FilingHouse
  24. Feb 26, 2026

    Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    Referral CommitteeHouse

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Source data last updated Sep 3, 2026.