Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 627 — EXCEP PERSON/DEV DISABLE:  Authorizes the recommendation of medical marijuana for treating certain health conditions of persons with autism

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  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 02, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 27 sponsors

    1 primary, 26 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  2. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  4. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  5. Called from the calendar.

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 59, nays 26, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/16/18.

  8. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 21 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

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

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

  12. Reported with amendments.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

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

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 21. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/05/18.

  18. Reported with amendments (9-4).

  19. Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  20. Prefiled.

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sponsors

  • Barbara Carpenter · Cosponsor
  • III Walt Leger · Cosponsor
  • Vincent J. Pierre · Cosponsor
  • Rodney Lyons · Primary
  • Robert E. Billiot · Cosponsor
  • Reid Falconer · Cosponsor
  • Randal L. Gaines · Cosponsor
  • Patrick O. Jefferson · Cosponsor
  • Ken Brass · Cosponsor
  • Jimmy Harris · Cosponsor
  • Edmond Jordan · Cosponsor
  • Chad Brown · Cosponsor
  • James Armes · Cosponsor
  • John Bagneris · Cosponsor
  • Joseph Bouie · Cosponsor
  • Gary Carter · Cosponsor
  • Cedric Glover · Cosponsor
  • Jeff Hall · Cosponsor
  • Marcus Hunter · Cosponsor
  • Edward Ted James · Cosponsor
  • Samuel Jenkins · Cosponsor
  • Joseph Marino · Cosponsor
  • Barbara Norton · Cosponsor
  • Patricia Smith · Cosponsor
  • T. Landry · Cosponsor
  • Steven Jackson · Cosponsor
  • Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 26 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 27 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (26)

  • Barbara Carpenter Democrat Voted No
  • Walt Leger, III
  • Vincent J. Pierre
  • Robert E. Billiot
  • Reid Falconer
  • Randal L. Gaines
  • Patrick O. Jefferson
  • Ken Brass Democrat Voted No
  • Jimmy Harris
  • Edmond Jordan Democrat Voted No
  • Chad Brown
  • James Armes
  • John Bagneris
  • Joseph Bouie
  • Gary Carter
  • Cedric Glover
  • Jeff Hall
  • Marcus Hunter
  • Edward Ted James
  • Samuel Jenkins
  • Joseph Marino
  • Barbara Norton
  • Patricia Smith
  • Landry, T. Voted No
  • Steven Jackson Democrat Voted No
  • III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Voted No

Not signed on (120)

120 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

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1205)

Passed 59 Yea · 26 Nay · 19 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3514017
Democrat 13000
Republican 111202
Total 5926019
% of votes cast 57%25%0%18%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Huval — Not Voting
Jones — Yea
Leger — Yea
Leopold — Not Voting
Magee — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
Stefanski — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Havard — Nay
Hazel — Nay
Bishop — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Smith — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
White — Yea
Johnson — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Nay
Norton — Yea
Anders — Yea
Armes — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Nay
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Nay
Reynolds — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Henry — Not Voting
Brown, T. — Nay
Landry, N. — Nay
Hill — Not Voting
Hoffmann — Nay
Hollis — Not Voting
Howard — Nay
Ivey — Not Voting
Richard — Not Voting
Chaney — Nay
Davis — Not Voting
Dwight — Not Voting
Schexnayder — Nay
Shadoin — Not Voting
Simon — Nay
Stagni — Not Voting
Stokes — Not Voting
Amedee — Yea
Bagneris — Not Voting
Berthelot — Nay
Cromer — Not Voting
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Nay
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 Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#947)

Passed 21 Yea · 10 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13906
Democrat 3002
Republican 5100
Total 211008
% of votes cast 54%26%0%21%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Nay
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Nay
Mills — Yea
Hewitt — Not Voting
Bishop — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Smith, J. — Yea
Johns — Yea
Mr. President — Nay
Fannin — Nay
Morrell — Yea
White — Not Voting
Morrish — Not Voting
Peacock — Nay
Perry — Nay
Peterson — Yea
Appel — Nay
Chabert — Yea
Claitor — Not Voting
Colomb — Not Voting
Cortez — Yea
Donahue — Not Voting
Erdey — Nay
Walsworth — Nay
Ward — Yea
Gatti — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#281)

Passed 71 Yea · 21 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 131002
Unaffiliated 4711010
Democrat 11001
Total 7121013
% of votes cast 68%20%0%12%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Huval — Not Voting
LeBas — Yea
Leopold — Nay
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Norton — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Leger — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Havard — Not Voting
Smith — Yea
Hazel — Nay
Henry — Nay
Johnson — Yea
Hill — Not Voting
Hoffmann — Nay
White — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
Howard — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
Brown, T. — Not Voting
Hunter — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Chaney — Nay
Coussan — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Moreno — Not Voting
Pearson — Not Voting
Pope — Nay
Pugh — Not Voting
Pylant — Nay
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Nay
Shadoin — Yea
Simon — Nay
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Anders — Yea
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Nay
Cromer — Not Voting
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Nay
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
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
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

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AMENDMENT # 2294 BY HORTON, MOTION TO ADOPT (#280)

Failed 12 Yea · 78 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 850010
Democrat 01101
Republican 41704
Total 1278015
% of votes cast 11%74%0%14%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Ivey — Nay
Leger — Nay
Leopold — Nay
Magee — Nay
Marino — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Thibaut — Yea
Havard — Not Voting
Hill — Not Voting
Hoffmann — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Howard — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
Huval — Not Voting
Jones — Yea
LeBas — Nay
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Nay
Cromer — Not Voting
Moreno — Not Voting
Pearson — Not Voting
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Not Voting
Schexnayder — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Guinn — Nay
Hall — Nay
Hazel — Nay
Henry — Nay
Brown, C. — Nay
Brown, T. — Nay
Carter, S. — Nay
Hollis — Nay
Hunter — Nay
James — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Smith — Nay
Johnson — Nay
Norton — Nay
White — Nay
Landry, N. — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Berthelot — Nay
Bouie — Nay
Carmody — Nay
Coussan — Nay
Danahay — Nay
Pylant — Nay
Reynolds — Nay
Richard — Nay
Shadoin — Nay
Simon — Nay
Stokes — Nay
Abramson — Not Voting
Armes — Nay
Bagneris — Nay
Billiot — Nay
Chaney — Nay
Davis — Nay
Dwight — Nay
Emerson — Nay
Falconer — Nay
Franklin — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Gisclair — Nay
Glover — Nay
Landry, T. — Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Steven Jackson Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Nay
Phillip DeVillier Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 627?
HB 627 is sponsored by Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), Walt Leger, III, Vincent J. Pierre, Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Robert E. Billiot, Reid Falconer, Randal L. Gaines, Patrick O. Jefferson, Ken Brass (Democrat), Jimmy Harris, Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Chad Brown, James Armes, John Bagneris, Joseph Bouie, Gary Carter, Cedric Glover, Jeff Hall, Marcus Hunter, Edward Ted James, Samuel Jenkins, Joseph Marino, Barbara Norton, Patricia Smith, Landry, T., Steven Jackson (Democrat), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 627?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 02, 2018. Enacted.
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