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ENROLLEDHCAHB51 4747 3167 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure to Engrossed House Bill No.
51 BYby REPRESENTATIVERepresentative VILLIOVillio AAMENDMENT JOINTNO. RESOLUTION Proposing to add Article I, Section 18(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to the right to bail;
to1 prohibitOn bailpage for2, offendersdelete wholines have14 beenthrough convicted17 ofin certaintheir offenses;entirety and insert the following:
"Do you support an amendment to provideprohibit fora submissiondefendant offrom thebeing proposedreleased amendmenton toany post-conviction bail if the electors;defendant is convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor child? (Amends Article I, Section 18(A);
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Section1.
BeitresolvedbytheLegislatureofLouisiana,two-thirdsofthemembers elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided bylaw, a proposal to add Article I, Section 18(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
§18.
Right to Bail Section 18.
* * * (C) However, after conviction, a person shall not be bailable if the offense isanaggravatedoffenseasdefinedbyR.S.15:541thatiscommittedagainstavictim who is a minor.
Section 2.
Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on November 3, 2026.
Section 3.
Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election, there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted to voteYES orNO, to amend the Constitution ofLouisiana,whichproposition shall readas follows:
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HB NO.
51 ENROLLED Do you support an amendment to prohibit a defendant from being released on any post-conviction bail if the defendant is convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor child? (Adds Article I, Section 18(C)) SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE Page 2 of 2 CODING: