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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana requires electronic monitoring providers to register with the state and retain records for five years
Last action · May 7, 2026: Read by title, returned to the calendar.Sponsor: Timothy P. Kerner
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What This Bill Proposed
Louisiana HB 955 requires all private s operating under court orders, bonds, probation, or parole to register with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice starting January 1, 2027. Providers must submit to criminal background checks, maintain monitoring records for a minimum of five years, and disclose any felony convictions or regulatory violations within 10 days.
Electronic monitoring companies must now meet state certification standards, undergo owner background checks, and archive device and violation logs for half a decade or face registration suspension or revocation.
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 providers
Providers must submit registration applications, undergo background checks, maintain five-year record retention, and comply with state oversight and disclosure rules.
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice
The commission is tasked with maintaining provider registrations, processing applications, enforcing compliance, and handling registration denials, suspensions, or revocations.
Courts and law enforcement agencies
Courts, law enforcement, and prosecutorial authorities gain the right to request archived monitoring and device status records from registered providers.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House.
Procedural history
18 actions- May 7, 2026HouseCalled from the calendar.
- May 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, returned to the calendar.
- May 6, 2026HouseCalled from the calendar.
- May 6, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, returned to the calendar.
- May 6, 2026HouseNotice given.
- May 6, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
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- Apr 29, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseNotice given.
- Apr 29, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseReported with amendments (9-0).
- Mar 26, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseReported with amendments (14-0) with recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
Version history
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Shift of Provider Oversight to Title 15
Committee amendments moved electronic monitoring provider regulations out of Title 22 (Insurance) into Title 15 (Criminal Justice), aligning oversight directly with criminal procedure and law enforcement administration.
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Sources
www.legis.la.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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