Louisiana 2019 Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 70 — COURTS/CITY: Provides relative to indigent defense services in certain city courts (EG NO IMPACT LF See Note)

Last action — Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

  3. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  6. Reported favorably (11-2).

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

  8. Prefiled.

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

  10. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/15/2019.

Sponsors

  • Stuart J. Bishop · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Stuart J. Bishop

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 (#335)

Passed 68 Yea · 20 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 371409
Democrat 6307
Republican 25301
Total 6820017
% of votes cast 65%19%0%16%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Jefferson — Nay
LeBas — Not Voting
Leger — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Nay
Guinn — Yea
Glover — Not Voting
Henry — Not Voting
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Hill — Nay
Carter, S. — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Johnson, R. — Yea
Howard — Nay
Huval — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Nay
Smith — Nay
Jones — Yea
Norton — Yea
Pearson — Nay
White — Nay
Pierre — Yea
Landry, N. — Not Voting
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Bouie — Nay
Carmody — Yea
Coussan — Not Voting
Davis — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
Stokes — Nay
Hoffmann — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Moss — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Abramson — Not Voting
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Billiot — Nay
Chaney — Nay
Dwight — Yea
Falconer — Not Voting
Gaines — Not Voting
Garofalo — Not Voting
Gisclair — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
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 Nay
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

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 70?
HB 70 is sponsored by Stuart J. Bishop.
What is the current status of HB 70?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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 70?
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