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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana House Bill 160 Increases Prison Sentences for Domestic Abuse Involving Strangulation
Last action · June 2, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsor: Alonzo Knox
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana House Bill 160 increases the maximum prison sentence to up to ten years at for battery of a dating partner and domestic abuse battery when the offense involves strangulation. The law takes effect on August 1, 2026.
Increases the maximum possible prison sentence from three years to ten years for domestic abuse offenses involving strangulation, while maintaining a mandatory minimum of at least one year served without probation or suspended sentence.
Who It Affects
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offenders convicted of domestic abuse or dating partner battery involving strangulation
Offenders face an increased maximum prison sentence of up to ten years at hard labor.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
24 actions- Jun 2, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 623.
- Jun 2, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 28, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 27, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 27, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 26, 2026SenateFloorRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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- May 26, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate without amendments.
- May 21, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 20, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 19, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseCalled from the calendar.
- Apr 13, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 13, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 9, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
- Apr 8, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 7, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (17-0).
- Mar 23, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseReported with amendments (12-0).
- 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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0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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