BAIL: Provides relative to the posting of bail
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced May 13, 2021
Signed Jun 11, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2021 · House May 20, 2021
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Jun 2, 2021
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Jun 11, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 243.
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
Jun 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 1, 2021
Committee
Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 24, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
upper
May 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 83 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (10-0).
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
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