Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 12 D · 2 R cosponsors

SB 243 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE:  Constitutional amendment to require unanimous juries for felonies. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))

Last action — Signed by the Speaker of the House.

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

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

  • 41 sponsors

    1 primary, 40 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (12 D · 2 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  2. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  3. Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 28 yeas and 7 nays.

  4. Called from the calendar.

  5. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 15. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  6. Received from the House with amendments.

  7. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  8. Notice given.

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/18.

  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/18.

  11. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

  12. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  13. Reported without amendments (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  15. Reported with amendments (16-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  16. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  17. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  18. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  19. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  20. Reported favorably.

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

  22. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

Sponsors

  • T. Landry · Cosponsor
  • Vincent J. Pierre · Cosponsor
  • Stuart J. Bishop · Cosponsor
  • Royce Duplessis · Cosponsor
  • Rodney Lyons · Cosponsor
  • Regina Barrow · Cosponsor
  • Randal L. Gaines · Cosponsor
  • Patrick O. Jefferson · Cosponsor
  • Ken Brass · Cosponsor
  • Karen Carter Peterson · Cosponsor
  • Gerald Long · Cosponsor
  • Gerald Boudreaux · Cosponsor
  • Jr. Gary L. Smith · Cosponsor
  • Eric LaFleur · Cosponsor
  • Edmond Jordan · Cosponsor
  • Dan Claitor · Cosponsor
  • J.P. Morrell · Primary
  • Wesley Bishop · Cosponsor
  • John Bagneris · Cosponsor
  • Joseph Bouie · Cosponsor
  • Barbara Carpenter · Cosponsor
  • Kenny Cox · Cosponsor
  • A.B. Franklin · Cosponsor
  • Cedric Glover · Cosponsor
  • Jeff Hall · Cosponsor
  • Marcus Hunter · Cosponsor
  • Katrina Jackson · Cosponsor
  • Edward Ted James · Cosponsor
  • Denise Marcelle · Cosponsor
  • Joseph Marino · Cosponsor
  • Barbara Norton · Cosponsor
  • Patricia Smith · Cosponsor
  • Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
  • Sam Jenkins · Cosponsor
  • Gary Carter · Cosponsor
  • Edward J. Price · Cosponsor
  • Jay Luneau · Cosponsor
  • Gregory A. Miller · Cosponsor
  • Jimmy Harris · Cosponsor
  • Gary Carter · Cosponsor
  • Patrick Connick · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 40 co-sponsors · 106 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • J.P. Morrell

Co-sponsors (40)

Not signed on (106)

106 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 (#1132)

Passed 28 Yea · 7 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 3300
Democrat 4001
Unaffiliated 21403
Total 28704
% of votes cast 72%18%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Not Voting
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Morrish — Yea
Ward — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Appel — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Carter — Yea
Fannin — Nay
Smith, J. — Nay
White — Nay
Smith, G. — Not Voting
Perry — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Chabert — Yea
Claitor — Yea
Colomb — Not Voting
Cortez — Yea
Walsworth — Nay
Erdey — Yea
Gatti — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1044)

Passed 84 Yea · 15 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 511204
Democrat 13000
Republican 20302
Total 841506
% of votes cast 80%14%0%6%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Jefferson — Yea
LeBas — Not Voting
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Simon — Nay
Pope — Nay
Leger — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Huval — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Yea
Smith — Yea
Jones — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Norton — Yea
White — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Shadoin — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Havard — Nay
Henry — Nay
Brown, T. — Nay
Hill — Not Voting
Howard — Nay
Carmody — Nay
Cromer — Not Voting
Danahay — Not Voting
Pugh — Nay
Pylant — Nay
Schexnayder — Nay
Amedee — Yea
Armes — Nay
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Nay
Chaney — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — 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 Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
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 Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
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 Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#254)

Passed 27 Yea · 10 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 19702
Republican 3300
Total 271002
% of votes cast 69%26%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Nay
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Morrish — Yea
Carter — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Perry — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Fannin — Nay
Smith, J. — Nay
White — Nay
Appel — Not Voting
Claitor — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Yea
Walsworth — Nay
Ward — Nay
Chabert — Yea
Colomb — Not Voting
Cortez — Yea
Gatti — Nay
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 Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea

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CO-AUTHORS (#255)

Failed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 28 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 60022
Republican 0006
Total 110028
% of votes cast 28%0%0%72%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Yea
Martiny — Not Voting
Milkovich — Not Voting
Mills — Not Voting
Morrell — Not Voting
Morrish — Not Voting
Hewitt — Not Voting
Johns — Not Voting
Bishop — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Carter — Yea
Mr. President — Not Voting
Peacock — Not Voting
Perry — Not Voting
Smith, J. — Not Voting
Peterson — Yea
White — Not Voting
Fannin — Not Voting
Appel — Not Voting
Chabert — Not Voting
Colomb — Not Voting
Erdey — Not Voting
Walsworth — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
Claitor — Yea
Cortez — Not Voting
Donahue — Not Voting
Gatti — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Neil Riser Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 243?
SB 243 is sponsored by Landry, T., Vincent J. Pierre, Stuart J. Bishop, Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Randal L. Gaines, Patrick O. Jefferson, Ken Brass (Democrat), Karen Carter Peterson, Gerald Long, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Gary L. Smith, Jr., Eric LaFleur, Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Dan Claitor, J.P. Morrell, Wesley Bishop, John Bagneris, Joseph Bouie, Barbara Carpenter, Kenny Cox, A.B. Franklin, Cedric Glover, Jeff Hall, Marcus Hunter, Katrina Jackson, Edward Ted James, Denise Marcelle, Joseph Marino, Barbara Norton, Patricia Smith, Joe Stagni, Sam Jenkins (Democrat), Gary Carter (Democrat), Edward J. Price (Democrat), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Gregory A. Miller (Republican), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), and Patrick Connick (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 243?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 01, 2018. Enacted.
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