HB 143 — 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)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 530.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 29, 2026.
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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26 sponsors
1 primary, 25 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (18 R · 8 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
In plain language
The bill adjusts the per diem rate for housing state inmates in parish jails.
This legislation modifies the daily rate that the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pays for housing state inmates in local jails. The changes are expected to impact funding and costs associated with inmate housing.
What this means for you
- Workers: Workers in the corrections system could experience changes in employment policies or funding related to inmate housing.
- Families: Families may be affected by changes in jail conditions and services available to incarcerated individuals.
- Small Business: Local businesses may see indirect effects if funding adjustments impact jail operations and associated community services.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
36 added · 54 removedPlain-language change summary
In the revision of Bill HB 143, a section that referred to "ACT No. 530" has been removed. This change likely means that the legislation is no longer referencing or relying on that specific prior act, which could either streamline the bill or signify a shift in focus. It's important because it may impact how the bill will be applied or understood in practice. Without the previous act as a reference, the bill can stand on its own merits.
HLSENROLLED 26RS-323 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
143 BYREPRESENTATIVESBACALA,ADAMS,BOUDREAUX,BOYER,CHENEVERT,BY REPRESENTATIVES BACALA, ADAMS, BERAULT, BOUDREAUX, BOYER, CARPENTER, CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, FONTENOT,DEWITT, HORTON,EGAN, LAFLEUR,FISHER, FONTENOT,FREEMAN,FREIBERG,HORTON,KERNER,KNOX,LAFLEUR, LYONS, MACK, MOORE, THOMPSON, VILLIO, WILEY, AND WILEYZERINGUE SHERIFFS:AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
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 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
to increase the amount the Department of Pubic Safety and Corrections pays for the confinementofthesepersonsconfinementofthesepersonsin ina aparishjailparishjail orinstitution;
Commitment of persons to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections * * * B.(1)(a)(i) Intheeventanyindividualhasbeencommittedtothedepartment for confinement which is or has been delayed or prevented after final sentence by courtorderrestrictingthedepartmentfrominstitutionalizingtheindividual,orwhen the individual is not institutionalized in a state penal or corrections institution because of lack of facilities under the control of the department, or the department otherwise refused to accept the individual for confinement, which resulted or has resulted in the individual being confined in a parish jail or institution after final sentence, or when he is beingheld in the parish jail without bail, pending an appeal, or when he is a participant in a Blue Walters Substance Abuse Program by order of a court in lieu of revocation of probation or by the committee on parole in lieu of revocation of parole, the department shall pay to each parish sheriff, or to the Page 1 of 32 CODING:
HLS 26RS-323 ENGROSSED HB NO.
143 aENROLLED court in lieu of revocation of probation or by the committee on parole in lieu of revocation of parole, the department shall pay to each parish sheriff, or to the governing authorityauthorityof of those parishes in which the governing authorityoperatesauthority operates the parish jail, for keeping and feeding the individual in the parish jail the jail:
(aa) The sum of twenty-five dollars and thirty-nine cents per daydayfor for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, the.
This Act shall become effectiveupon signature bythe governor or, if not signedbythegovernor,uponexpirationofthetimeforbillstobecomelawwithoutsignature by the governor, as provided byArticleby Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
If vetoed bythe governorgovernorand and subsequentlyapprovedbythe legislature, this Act shall become effective on the dayfollowing such approval.
DIGESTSPEAKER ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislativeOF Services.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
ItPage constitutes2 nopart of the2 legislativeCODING: instrument.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 143 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Bacala Abstract:
Increases from $26.39 to $29.39 the per diem rate for the housing of state inmates at certain local correctional facilities or institutions beginning Fiscal Year 2027-2028.
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HLS 26RS-323 ENGROSSED HB NO.
143 Present law requires any individual subject to confinement in a state adult penal or correctional institution to be committed to the Dept.
of Public Safety and Corrections (DPS&C).
Additionally authorizes DPS&C to house these inmates at a parish jail or institution in certain circumstances.
Present law requires DPS&C to pay a daily sum to the sheriff or governing authority that runs the jail or institution for each of these state inmates.
Further establishes the dailysum as $26.39 for fiscal years after FY 2019-2020.
Proposed law increases this daily sum rate to $29.39 beginning FY 2027-2028.
Otherwise retains present law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S.
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Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 530.
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Effective date: 05/29/2026.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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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.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported favorably (18-0).
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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Reported favorably (12-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
Sponsors
- Jerome Zeringue · Cosponsor
- Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley · Cosponsor
- Debbie Villio · Cosponsor
- Francis C. Thompson · Cosponsor
- Pat Moore · Cosponsor
- Shane Mack · Cosponsor
- Rodney Lyons · Cosponsor
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur · Cosponsor
- Alonzo L. Knox · Cosponsor
- Timothy P. Kerner · Cosponsor
- Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
- Barbara Reich Freiberg · Cosponsor
- Aimee Adatto Freeman · Cosponsor
- Bryan Fontenot · Cosponsor
- Adrian Fisher · Cosponsor
- Peter F. Egan Sr. · Cosponsor
- Jason Brian DeWitt · Cosponsor
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
- Kimberly Landry Coates · Cosponsor
- Emily Chenevert · Cosponsor
- Barbara Carpenter · Cosponsor
- Chad Michael Boyer · Cosponsor
- Doyle Boudreaux · Cosponsor
- Stephanie H. Berault · Cosponsor
- Roy Daryl Adams · Cosponsor
- Tony Bacala · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 25 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Tony Bacala Republican
Co-sponsors (25)
- Jerome Zeringue Republican
- Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican
- Debbie Villio Republican
- Francis C. Thompson Republican
- Pat Moore Democrat
- Shane Mack Republican
- Rodney Lyons Democrat
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat
- Alonzo L. Knox Democrat
- Timothy P. Kerner Republican
- Dodie Horton Republican
- Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican
- Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat
- Bryan Fontenot Republican
- Adrian Fisher Democrat
- Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican
- Jason Brian DeWitt Republican
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican
- Kimberly Landry Coates Republican
- Emily Chenevert Republican
- Barbara Carpenter Democrat
- Chad Michael Boyer Republican
- Doyle Boudreaux Republican
- Stephanie H. Berault Republican
- Roy Daryl Adams Democrat
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Not Voting |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 65 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 97 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Yea |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Sawyer | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Not Voting |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Reese "Skip" Broussard | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 143?
- HB 143 is sponsored by Jerome Zeringue (Republican), Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), Debbie Villio (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Pat Moore (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Bryan Fontenot (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), and Tony Bacala (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 143?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2026. Enacted.
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