CRIMINAL/JURY TRIALS: Provides relative to juror qualifications
HB 108 prohibits individuals convicted of violent crimes (as defined in Louisiana law) or sex offenses (as defined in Louisiana law) from serving on criminal juries. The bill amends the state's Code of Criminal Procedure to add this requirement as a specific disqualification for jury service. This change directly affects people with prior convictions for these offenses, barring them from jury duty in criminal cases. The law would apply to all criminal jury panels across Louisiana, modifying the existing qualifications outlined in Article 401(A)(6). The bill focuses solely on defining who cannot serve, not on other aspects of jury selection or criminal procedure.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 9, 2026
Signed May 29, 2026
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This bill updates the legal requirements for jury service in Louisiana by clarifying that individuals convicted of violent crimes or sex offenses are ineligible to serve as jurors in criminal cases. The changes refine the specific statutes governing juror qualifications to explicitly include felony-level convictions of these crimes, ensuring a stricter standard for jury eligibility.
Scope change
The bill applies to all criminal jury trials in Louisiana, expanding the clarity of who is disqualified from serving based on specific felony convictions.
ELIGIBILITY
Updated the definition of disqualified jurors to specifically include those convicted of a 'felony crime of violence' or a 'felony sex offense' as defined by state statutes.
REQUIREMENT
Enacted a new provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure Article 401(A)(6) to formally prohibit persons with the specified felony convictions from serving as jurors in criminal cases.
DEFINITION
Clarified that the prohibition against jurors with violent or sex offense convictions applies specifically to criminal cases, while noting that civil cases follow different qualification rules.
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2026 · House Apr 9, 2026
How they voted
25–8
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 40
May 13, 2026
D
Democratic12
58% Nay
R
Republican28
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 76, nays 17, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 25 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 6, 2026
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 32. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (8-3).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Feb 9, 2026
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
Vincent Cox
RRepublican
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