Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 447 — SUNSET LAW:  Re-creates the Department of Justice and provides relative to its structure

Last action — Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 01, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

Read HB 447 on the official Louisiana source →

Action History

  1. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.

  5. Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  6. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/15/18.

  7. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  10. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  11. Reported with amendments.

  12. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 15. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/18.

  17. Reported favorably (12-0).

  18. Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  20. Prefiled.

Sponsors

  • Jay Morris · Primary
  • John Alario · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Jay Morris

Co-sponsors (1)

  • John Alario

Not signed on (145)

145 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 145 →

"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1072)

Passed 88 Yea · 0 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 21004
Unaffiliated 550011
Democrat 12001
Total 880016
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Ivey — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Guinn — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Howard — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Huval — Yea
James — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Smith — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Anders — Yea
Armes — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Shadoin — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
White — Yea
Havard — Not Voting
Henry — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
LeBas — Yea
Leger — Not Voting
Leopold — Yea
Norton — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Dwight — Not Voting
Simon — Not Voting
Thibaut — Not Voting
Amedee — Yea
Bagneris — Not Voting
Berthelot — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Cromer — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Not Voting
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#932)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25003
Democrat 5000
Republican 6000
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Morrish — Not Voting
Mr. President — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Hewitt — Not Voting
Johns — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith, J. — Yea
White — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Perry — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Appel — Yea
Claitor — Yea
Colomb — Not Voting
Cortez — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Yea
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Chabert — Yea
Gatti — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#327)

Passed 75 Yea · 15 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 491207
Democrat 4305
Republican 22003
Total 7515015
% of votes cast 71%14%0%14%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Ivey — Yea
Leger — Not Voting
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Norton — Nay
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Nay
Havard — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Hunter — Nay
Smith — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Yea
James — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Leopold — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Nay
Carmody — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Pierre — Nay
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Hill — Not Voting
Johnson — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
White — Yea
Howard — Yea
Huval — Yea
Jones — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Moreno — Not Voting
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Shadoin — Not Voting
Simon — Not Voting
Chaney — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Dwight — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Not Voting
Thibaut — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Nay
Berthelot — Yea
Cromer — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Nay
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety technology
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 447?
HB 447 is sponsored by Jay Morris and John Alario.
What is the current status of HB 447?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 01, 2018. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 447?
Track HB 447 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on HB 447

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of HB 447

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →