BAIL: Provides relative to bond forfeiture
This bill modifies the timeline for when courts must decide whether to forfeit bail bonds in criminal cases. Specifically, it extends the deadline for making this decision from the current timeframe to five years after the bond is posted. The change directly impacts judges, bail bond agents, and defendants involved in the pretrial release process. By updating this procedural rule, the legislation aims to provide a longer window for resolving outstanding bond obligations without altering the underlying requirements for bond forfeiture.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
33–5
Passed
Total votes 38
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic12
58% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 8, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
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