SB 147 — CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Provides relative to a defamation claim brought by an alleged perpetrator of sexual misconduct against the alleged victim. (8/1/18)
Last action — Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2018. Enacted.
Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
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Read SB 147 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 31 yeas and 7 nays.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 84, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House with amendments.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/18.
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Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported favorably (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 29 yeas and 8 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 B.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
Sponsors
- Helena Moreno · Cosponsor
- J.P. Morrell · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 2 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- J.P. Morrell
Co-sponsors (1)
- Helena Moreno
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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 79% | 18% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Long | — | Yea |
| Martiny | — | Yea |
| Milkovich | — | Nay |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Morrish | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Smith, G. | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Appel | — | Yea |
| Claitor | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Fannin | — | Nay |
| Peacock | — | Nay |
| Perry | — | Nay |
| Walsworth | — | Nay |
| Colomb | — | Not Voting |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Chabert | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | 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 | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 50 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Democrat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 84 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 1% | 0% | 19% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Leger | — | Yea |
| Leopold | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Pylant | — | Not Voting |
| Schexnayder | — | Yea |
| Stokes | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Armes | — | Yea |
| Havard | — | Yea |
| Hazel | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Henry | — | Yea |
| Brown, C. | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Yea |
| Hoffmann | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Johnson | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Landry, N. | — | Yea |
| LeBas | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Norton | — | Yea |
| Pearson | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Billiot | — | Not Voting |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Carmody | — | Yea |
| Chaney | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Cromer | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Reynolds | — | Yea |
| Richard | — | Yea |
| Shadoin | — | Yea |
| Brown, T. | — | Not Voting |
| Guinn | — | Not Voting |
| Huval | — | Not Voting |
| James | — | Not Voting |
| Danahay | — | Not Voting |
| Simon | — | Not Voting |
| Stagni | — | Not Voting |
| Stefanski | — | Not Voting |
| Thibaut | — | Not Voting |
| Abramson | — | Yea |
| Anders | — | Not Voting |
| Bagneris | — | Not Voting |
| Berthelot | — | Yea |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Not Voting |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Franklin | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Not Voting |
| Gisclair | — | Not Voting |
| Glover | — | Not Voting |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Yea |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 74% | 21% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Long | — | Yea |
| Martiny | — | Not Voting |
| Milkovich | — | Nay |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Smith, G. | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Morrish | — | Nay |
| Peacock | — | Nay |
| Perry | — | Nay |
| Fannin | — | Nay |
| Appel | — | Nay |
| Chabert | — | Yea |
| Claitor | — | Nay |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Not Voting |
| Walsworth | — | Nay |
| Colomb | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | 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 |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 147?
- SB 147 is sponsored by Helena Moreno and J.P. Morrell.
- What is the current status of SB 147?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 27, 2018. Enacted.
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