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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires electronic monitoring service providers to register with a state commission and report data
Last action · May 7, 2026: Becomes HB 1257.Sponsor: Mike Bayham
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana House Bill 123 requires electronic monitoring service providers to register with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, submit monthly and annual reports to the commission, and report monitoring violations within 30 minutes. The measure establishes criminal penalties for providers who fail to report or unlawfully release personal information, and creates a for monitoring data.
Electronic monitoring service providers operating in Louisiana face new registration requirements, mandatory data reporting shifts to a central state commission, and strict criminal penalties or fines of up to $5,000 for unauthorized release of monitored individuals' personal information.
- Electronic monitoring in Louisiana is utilized for pretrial, post-conviction, or other supervision ordered by courts. context
- The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice serves as a state agency coordinating criminal justice programs and administration. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
electronic monitoring service providers
Providers must register with the state commission, submit monthly and annual reports to the commission instead of courts, and adhere to strict reporting timelines and data security rules under threat of fines or imprisonment.
monitored individuals
Their personal monitoring information is subject to new mandatory security procedures and protections against unauthorized release or dissemination by state and agency employees.
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice
The commission is assigned new duties to develop and maintain a central repository, handle provider registrations, receive monthly and annual reports, and promulgate implementing rules.
Key Facts
- Electronic monitoring service providers must register with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice and certify in writing that they meet statutory criteria.
- Providers must submit monthly monitoring activity reports to the commission by the tenth day of each month.
- Providers must submit an annual report to the commission by January 15th of each year.
- When a monitoring violation occurs, providers must report it within 30 minutes to the bail agent, law enforcement agencies, and prosecuting authorities, removing the court as a direct recipient.
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- Intentional failure by a provider to timely report information carries a fine of up to $1,000 per day (not to exceed $10,000 per instance) or imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to six months.
- State agency, law enforcement, or prosecuting authority employees who intentionally release, disseminate, or publish a monitored individual's personal information face a fine of up to $5,000, imprisonment for up to one year, or both.
- The Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice must develop and maintain a central repository for provider registration and reporting.
- The Department of Public Safety and Corrections is removed from the list of agencies responsible for promulgating rules governing electronic monitoring equipment.
- R.S. 15:571.36(C)(5) and R.S. 15:835 are repealed in their entirety.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who must electronic monitoring service providers register with under the bill?
What is the penalty if a provider intentionally fails to report monitoring information on time?
Are courts still required to receive monthly and annual electronic monitoring reports?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- May 7, 2026HouseBecomes HB 1257.
- May 6, 2026HouseReported by substitute (10-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 13, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
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Centralization of Electronic Monitoring Oversight
The bill shifts reporting duties from individual courts and law enforcement entities to a centralized state commission repository.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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