HB 772 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

BAIL: Provides relative to notice for warrants for arrest

HB 772 updates Louisiana's bail procedures by requiring defendants and bail sureties (including bail companies) to provide accurate mailing addresses and the last four digits of their Social Security numbers on bail documents. It mandates that courts send arrest warrant notices to defendants, bail agents, and sureties within 30 days of a missed court appearance, using the addresses provided under the new rules. The bill also sets a 60-day deadline for sending notice to commercial sureties, after which they are released from bail obligations. These changes, found in Articles 329 and 333 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, aim to ensure proper notice delivery while clarifying procedural requirements for bail forfeiture cases.
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
Jun 2026
Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed Jun 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3416, Kleinpeter, Adopted HB772 Act 672 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was re-enrolled as Act 672, updating the legislative history and formatting to reflect final passage. Substantively, the text includes minor editorial corrections to clarify that defendants and sureties provide addresses for service, and it explicitly states that bond forfeiture judgments cannot be denied simply because the provided contact information was invalid or missing.
TECHNICAL

The document header was updated from a Senate Bureau Note to an Enrolled Act, indicating the bill has passed all legislative stages and is ready for the Governor's signature.

Minor grammatical and phrasing corrections were made to clarify that defendants and sureties must provide addresses for service and that bond forfeiture cannot be denied due to invalid contact information.

A reference to Article 334 was removed from the text, likely correcting a cross-reference error.

Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2026 · House Apr 27, 2026

How they voted

350
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 40
May 18, 2026
D Democratic12
9 Yea 3
75% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 6, 2026
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Feb 27, 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
Photo of Chasity Martinez
Chasity Martinez
DDemocratic
LA
60