CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to the sentencing of habitual offenders
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HB 518 — CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to the sentencing of habitual offenders
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 386.
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 29, 2019. Enacted.
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Enacted
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 5 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
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Read HB 518 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 386.
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Effective date: 08/01/2019.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
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Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Rules suspended.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title. The Senate failed to approve consideration after the 57th calendar day by a vote of 22 yeas and 10 nays.
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Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays.
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By a vote of 101 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
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Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 59, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
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Called from the calendar.
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Read by Title. Committee Amendments were rejected. Floor amendments adopted.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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Reported with amendments (11-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
Sponsors
- Randal L. Gaines · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 17 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Randal L. Gaines
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 77% | 15% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Long | — | Yea |
| Martiny | — | Yea |
| Milkovich | — | Nay |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Morrish | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Smith, G. | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Claitor | — | Yea |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | Nay |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Fannin | — | Nay |
| White | — | Not Voting |
| Peacock | — | Nay |
| Walsworth | — | Nay |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Appel | — | Yea |
| Chabert | — | Yea |
| Colomb | — | 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 |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Republican | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 56% | 26% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Martiny | — | Yea |
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Long | — | Nay |
| Appel | — | Nay |
| Smith, G. | — | Yea |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Nay |
| White | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Fannin | — | Nay |
| Bishop | — | Not Voting |
| Cortez | — | Yea |
| Walsworth | — | Nay |
| Ward | — | Not Voting |
| Hewitt | — | Not Voting |
| Johns | — | Not Voting |
| Milkovich | — | Not Voting |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Morrish | — | Not Voting |
| Chabert | — | Yea |
| Claitor | — | Yea |
| Colomb | — | Yea |
| Donahue | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | Nay |
| Gatti | — | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 56 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 101 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Henry | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Not Voting |
| James | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| LeBas | — | Yea |
| Leger | — | Yea |
| Leopold | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Hoffmann | — | Not Voting |
| Howard | — | Not Voting |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| Stokes | — | Yea |
| Landry, N. | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Simon | — | Not Voting |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Anders | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Guinn | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Moss | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Billiot | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Carmody | — | Yea |
| Brown, C. | — | Yea |
| Brown, T. | — | Yea |
| Norton | — | Yea |
| Carter, S. | — | Yea |
| Pearson | — | Yea |
| Johnson, R. | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Chaney | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Pylant | — | Yea |
| Richard | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Schexnayder | — | Yea |
| Abramson | — | Yea |
| Armes | — | Yea |
| Bagneris | — | Yea |
| Berthelot | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Yea |
| Franklin | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Gisclair | — | 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 |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | 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 |
| Mike Johnson | 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 |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 72% | 28% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Long | — | Nay |
| Martiny | — | Yea |
| Appel | — | Yea |
| Johns | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Smith, G. | — | Yea |
| Smith, J. | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Nay |
| Mr. President | — | Nay |
| Fannin | — | Nay |
| Morrell | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Nay |
| Chabert | — | Yea |
| Claitor | — | Yea |
| Colomb | — | Yea |
| Erdey | — | Yea |
| Walsworth | — | Nay |
| Ward | — | Yea |
| Milkovich | — | Nay |
| Mills | — | Yea |
| Morrish | — | Yea |
| Cortez | — | Nay |
| Donahue | — | Nay |
| 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 |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 32 | 15 | 0 | 13 |
| Republican | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 59 | 29 | 0 | 17 |
| % of votes cast | 56% | 28% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Guinn | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Hoffmann | — | Yea |
| Moss | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| James | — | Yea |
| Johnson, R. | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| LeBas | — | Yea |
| Armes | — | Yea |
| Billiot | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Norton | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Pugh | — | Yea |
| Schexnayder | — | Yea |
| Simon | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| Stokes | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Henry | — | Nay |
| Hill | — | Not Voting |
| Bishop | — | Nay |
| Hollis | — | Not Voting |
| Carter, S. | — | Nay |
| Huval | — | Nay |
| Landry, N. | — | Nay |
| DuBuisson | — | Nay |
| Ivey | — | Not Voting |
| Leger | — | Not Voting |
| Leopold | — | Nay |
| Brown, C. | — | Not Voting |
| Brown, T. | — | Not Voting |
| Pearson | — | Nay |
| Pope | — | Nay |
| Pylant | — | Nay |
| Bouie | — | Not Voting |
| Carmody | — | Nay |
| Coussan | — | Not Voting |
| Davis | — | Not Voting |
| Franklin | — | Yea |
| Richard | — | Not Voting |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Abramson | — | Yea |
| Anders | — | Not Voting |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Berthelot | — | Nay |
| Bagneris | — | Not Voting |
| Chaney | — | Yea |
| Dwight | — | Yea |
| Falconer | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Nay |
| Gisclair | — | Not Voting |
| 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 |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Nay |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Nay |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Nay |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Nay |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Nay |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Nay |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Yea |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Nay |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Not Voting |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip DeVillier | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Nay |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Nay |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Nay |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Nay |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
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- HB 518 is sponsored by Randal L. Gaines.
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