Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Passed House 1 R cosponsors

HB 700 — EVIDENCE:  Provides relative to the admissibility of evidence of failure to wear a safety belt

Last action — Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  2. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  3. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 25. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  4. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/18.

  5. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  6. Reported with amendments (6-1).

  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  8. Discharged from the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  9. Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  10. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 13 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#346)

Passed 70 Yea · 25 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4413010
Democrat 21100
Republican 24100
Total 7025010
% of votes cast 67%24%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Jones — Yea
LeBas — Not Voting
Leger — Nay
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Norton — Nay
Guinn — Yea
Havard — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Howard — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
Pope — Yea
White — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Davis — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Hall — Nay
Hazel — Nay
Smith — Not Voting
Hill — Not Voting
Hunter — Nay
James — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Johnson — Nay
Pearson — Not Voting
Bouie — Nay
Coussan — Not Voting
Cromer — Not Voting
Pierre — Nay
Shadoin — Not Voting
Abramson — Not Voting
Amedee — Yea
Armes — Not Voting
Bagneris — Not Voting
Berthelot — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Nay
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Nay
Landry, T. — Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 700?
HB 700 is sponsored by Jack McFarland (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 700?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 700?
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