PUBLIC DEFENDER: Provides relative to the Louisiana Public Defender Fund. (8/1/26) (OR -$158 GF EX See Note)

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Mar 9, 2026 · Senate

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 27, 2026 · Senate

Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance.

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

2.3% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 29%, measured from LA's completed sessions
Momentum -5 27/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 226 days quiet

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