HB 143 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

SHERIFFS: Provides relative to the per diem rate paid by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections for the housing of state inmates in a parish jail or institution (EN +$17,311,950 GF EX See Note)

HB 143 increases the daily payment rate Louisiana's Department of Public Safety and Corrections pays to parish sheriffs for housing state inmates in local jails when the state cannot accept them. The bill sets specific rates: $25.39 per day for FY 2019-2020, $26.39 per day for FY 2020-2021 through FY 2026-2027, and $29.39 per day starting FY 2027-2028. It also requires the department to collaborate with sheriffs to update jail guidelines by December 2020, including treatment and educational programming for inmates. The bill directly affects parish sheriffs, local jails, and the state’s correctional budget.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 13, 2026 Signed May 29, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB143 Original → HB143 Act 530 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates the per diem payment rate the state pays to parish sheriffs for housing inmates. It adds seven new co-sponsors to the legislation and corrects the page count from three to two. The core financial provisions regarding the daily jail rates remain unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it still applies to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections housing state inmates in parish jails.

TECHNICAL

Added seven new representatives (Adams, Berault, Boudreaux, Boyer, Carpenter, Chenevert, Coates, Cox, DeWitt, Egan, Fisher, Fontenot, Freeman, Freiberg, Horton, Kerner, Knox, LaFleur, Lyons, Mack, Moore, Thompson, Villio, Wiley, and Zeringue) to the list of bill sponsors.

Corrected the page count at the bottom of the document from 'Page 1 of 3' to 'Page 1 of 2'.

Removed the 'Digest' section, which is a non-binding summary of the bill's intent and is not part of the final law.

Updated the header title from 'HB143 Original' to 'HB143 Act 530' to reflect its status as an enrolled, enacted law.

Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2026 · House Apr 13, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

May 21, 2026

D Democratic12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 14, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 22, 2026

Committee

Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

upper

Apr 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (18-0).

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Committee

Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (12-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

lower

1 primary · 25 co-sponsors