BAIL: Restricts post-conviction bail for certain offenders (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)
HB 58 restricts bail for certain convicted individuals in Louisiana. It prohibits bail after conviction for capital offenses (like murder) and for specific violent sex crimes against minors (defined as offenses requiring registration under state law). The bill creates a strong legal presumption against releasing these offenders, meaning courts cannot grant bail unless they prove the person poses no danger to others or risk of fleeing. This directly affects people convicted of these serious crimes who would otherwise seek bail before sentencing or final judgment.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Jan 30, 2026
Signed May 22, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill updates the rules for granting bail after a conviction in Louisiana. It primarily clarifies the conditions under which bail is allowed for serious crimes and adds a new category of offenses where bail is strictly prohibited. The changes aim to ensure that dangerous defendants convicted of severe crimes cannot be released before their final judgment.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of offenses for which bail is automatically denied to include specific aggravated crimes committed against minors, in addition to existing categories like capital offenses.
ELIGIBILITY
Reorganized the text to clearly separate rules for crimes with sentences of five years or less from those exceeding five years, ensuring bail is only allowed for the former unless there is a proven risk of danger or flight.
Updated the criteria for crimes punishable by twenty-five years or more to include a rebuttable presumption against bail if the crime is a sex offense or a crime of violence.
Added a new provision (Paragraph I) allowing individuals denied bail to appeal to the Court of Appeal if they believe the trial court improperly refused bail.
Explicitly prohibited bail for any aggravated offense defined in state law that was committed against a victim who is a minor.
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2026 · House Apr 20, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 11, 2026
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Jan 30, 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
Debbie Villio
RRepublican
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