Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 879 — PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS:  Provides relative to the eligibility requirements for the inmate rehabilitation and workforce development program

Last action — Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 37, nays 57. Failed to pass.

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

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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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Action History

  1. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 37, nays 57. Failed to pass.

  2. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/18.

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

  4. Reported favorably (16-1-1).

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

  6. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sponsors

  • Patricia Smith · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 21 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Patricia Smith

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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

FINAL PASSAGE (#505)

Failed 37 Yea · 57 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 233608
Democrat 11101
Republican 32002
Total 3757011
% of votes cast 35%54%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Howard — Nay
Leopold — Nay
Magee — Nay
Marino — Yea
Stokes — Nay
Hall — Yea
Guinn — Not Voting
Havard — Nay
Hazel — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Nay
Henry — Nay
Hoffmann — Nay
Hollis — Nay
Bishop — Nay
Brown, T. — Nay
Carter, S. — Nay
Huval — Nay
Ivey — Nay
Pearson — Nay
Pope — Nay
Pugh — Nay
Landry, N. — Nay
Pylant — Nay
Richard — Nay
Amedee — Nay
Billiot — Nay
Carmody — Nay
Chaney — Nay
Cromer — Nay
Davis — Nay
Schexnayder — Nay
Simon — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
White — Not Voting
Johnson — Not Voting
Hill — Not Voting
Hunter — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Smith — Yea
Jones — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Leger — Not Voting
Norton — Yea
Armes — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Falconer — Not Voting
Pierre — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Shadoin — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Anders — Yea
Bagneris — Not Voting
Berthelot — Nay
Coussan — Nay
Dwight — Nay
Emerson — Nay
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 Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Nay
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 Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Nay
Phillip DeVillier Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Nay
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 879?
HB 879 is sponsored by Patricia Smith.
What is the current status of HB 879?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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.
Where can I track HB 879?
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