HB 961 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of a mental health transition pilot program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

This bill establishes a pilot program to help prisoners transition from prison to mental health care. It requires the corrections department to allow incarcerated individuals to join the program, removing the previous requirement that they must apply for it. The legislation aims to streamline access to mental health services for inmates as they prepare for release.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2024

Committee Review

May 2024

House Passage

May 2024

Senate Passage

May 2024

Signed into Law

Jun 2024

Introduced Apr 4, 2024 Signed Jun 18, 2024

Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2024 · House Apr 10, 2024

How they voted

35–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 37

May 20, 2024

D Democratic12

12 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican25

23 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 29, 2024

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.

lower

May 20, 2024

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 15, 2024

Committee

Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 14, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported with amendments.

upper

Apr 10, 2024

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 4, 2024

Lower · Passed

Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 338 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (10-0).

lower

1 primary · 31 co-sponsors