SB 112 — CIVIL PROCEDURE: Authorizes business entities to assert or defend certain claims on their own behalf. (gov sig)
Last action — Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 30, nays 62. Failed to pass.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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.
Bill Text
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Read SB 112 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 30, nays 62. Failed to pass.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/18.
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Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported with amendments (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Sponsors
- Jr. Gary L. Smith · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 23 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr.
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 18 | 40 | 0 | 9 |
| Democrat | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 9 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 30 | 62 | 0 | 13 |
| % of votes cast | 29% | 59% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Howard | — | Nay |
| James | — | Nay |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Nay |
| Guinn | — | Not Voting |
| Havard | — | Yea |
| Henry | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Not Voting |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| LeBas | — | Nay |
| Leger | — | Not Voting |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Leopold | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Landry, N. | — | Nay |
| Norton | — | Yea |
| Pylant | — | Yea |
| Richard | — | Not Voting |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Anders | — | Nay |
| Carmody | — | Yea |
| Danahay | — | Not Voting |
| Shadoin | — | Not Voting |
| Simon | — | Yea |
| Thibaut | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Nay |
| Hazel | — | Nay |
| Brown, C. | — | Nay |
| Brown, T. | — | Nay |
| Hill | — | Nay |
| Hoffmann | — | Nay |
| Hunter | — | Nay |
| Johnson | — | Nay |
| Huval | — | Nay |
| Jefferson | — | Nay |
| Jones | — | Nay |
| Pearson | — | Nay |
| Pierre | — | Nay |
| Pope | — | Nay |
| Pugh | — | Nay |
| Reynolds | — | Nay |
| Billiot | — | Nay |
| Bouie | — | Nay |
| Chaney | — | Nay |
| Davis | — | Nay |
| Schexnayder | — | Nay |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Stefanski | — | Nay |
| Stokes | — | Nay |
| Abramson | — | Nay |
| Armes | — | Nay |
| Bagneris | — | Not Voting |
| Berthelot | — | Nay |
| Coussan | — | Nay |
| Cromer | — | Not Voting |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Yea |
| Franklin | — | Nay |
| Gaines | — | Nay |
| Garofalo | — | Nay |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Nay |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Nay |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Nay |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Nay |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Nay |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Nay |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Not Voting |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Nay |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Nay |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Martiny | — | Yea |
| Milkovich | — | Yea |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Fannin | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Smith, G. | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Long | — | Not Voting |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Morrish | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Perry | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Chabert | — | Yea |
| Claitor | — | Yea |
| Colomb | — | Yea |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | Yea |
| Walsworth | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Appel | — | Yea |
| Gatti | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 112?
- SB 112 is sponsored by Gary L. Smith, Jr..
- What is the current status of SB 112?
- This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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.
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