2026 Regular Session

HB 978

INDIGENT DEFENSE: Changes the municipality threshold relative to the mandatory assessment and remittance of special costs to the district indigent defender fund

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Louisiana

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2026 Regular Session

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Session

2026 Regular Session

Jurisdiction

Louisiana

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Legislative history

03/17House

Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

03/18House

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

04/23House

Reported with amendments (12-0).

04/27House

Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.

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HB 978

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