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HB517

Provides for the right to a jury trial for certain juvenile offenders

Introduced·2/26/26
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Louisiana HB517 grants juvenile offenders the right to a jury trial for certain felony-grade delinquent acts.

Louisiana HB517 amends the Children's Code to ensure that juvenile offenders have the right to a jury trial if charged with a felony-grade delinquent act that is a crime of violence or a sex offense. Currently, all constitutional rights for criminal defendants apply in juvenile court proceedings except the right to a jury trial. This bill introduces an exception, allowing a jury trial for specific serious offenses.

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History

May 19

House

Involuntarily deferred in committee.

Mar 9

House

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

Feb 27

House

First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.