Louisiana 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 221 — COURTS/MAYORS: Expands the jurisdiction of mayor's courts to include the collection of municipal utility debts

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 210.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 27, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 210.

  2. Effective date: 06/11/2019.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. Reported with amendments.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  14. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  15. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  16. Called from the calendar.

  17. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 11. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/19.

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

  20. Reported favorably (10-0).

  21. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

  22. Prefiled.

  23. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Sponsors

  • John Stefanski · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • John Stefanski

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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#885)

Passed 102 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 59001
Democrat 16000
Republican 27002
Total 102003
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Hoffmann — Yea
Howard — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Glover — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Moss — Yea
James — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Jones — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Norton — Yea
Johnson, R. — Yea
Smith — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
White — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Leger — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Not Voting
Abramson — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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

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FINAL PASSAGE (#793)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 26001
Democrat 5000
Republican 7000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Appel — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Smith, J. — Yea
White — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Carter — Not Voting
Claitor — Yea
Cortez — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Yea
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Morrish — 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 Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens 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

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FINAL PASSAGE (#361)

Passed 74 Yea · 11 Nay · 20 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 417012
Democrat 6406
Republican 27002
Total 7411020
% of votes cast 70%10%0%19%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Howard — Yea
James — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Not Voting
Marino — Yea
Glover — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Moss — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Simon — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Smith — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Guinn — Not Voting
White — Yea
Johnson, R. — Nay
Hollis — Not Voting
Jones — Nay
LeBas — Not Voting
Leger — Nay
Norton — Nay
Richard — Not Voting
Bouie — Not Voting
Coussan — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Dwight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Armes — Not Voting
Bagneris — Not Voting
Falconer — Not Voting
Franklin — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Garofalo — Not Voting
Gisclair — Yea
Landry, T. — Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Who sponsors HB 221?
HB 221 is sponsored by John Stefanski.
What is the current status of HB 221?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 27, 2019. Enacted.
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