Louisiana 2019 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 4 R · 3 D cosponsors

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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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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.

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Action History

  1. Rules suspended.

  2. Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  3. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title; failed to pass by a vote of 15 yeas and 21 nays.

  4. Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.

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

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

  7. Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.

  8. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

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

  10. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/19.

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

  13. Reported with amendments (13-0).

  14. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

  15. Prefiled.

  16. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 131 not signed on · 7 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (15)

Not signed on (131)

131 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 (#745)

Failed 15 Yea · 21 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 111402
Republican 2500
Democrat 2201
Total 152103
% of votes cast 38%54%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Hewitt — Nay
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Johns — Nay
White — Yea
Mr. President — Nay
Smith, J. — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Bishop — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
Morrish — Nay
Peacock — Nay
Peterson — Yea
Chabert — Yea
Colomb — Yea
Cortez — Nay
Donahue — Nay
Erdey — Nay
Walsworth — Nay
Ward — Nay
Mills — Nay
Appel — Yea
Claitor — Yea
Gatti — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Nay
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Robert Allain Republican Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#256)

Passed 99 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 59001
Democrat 13003
Republican 27002
Total 99006
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Jefferson — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Glover — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Henry — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Howard — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
James — Yea
Moss — Yea
Leger — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Norton — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Smith — Yea
Jones — Yea
Johnson, R. — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Simon — Not Voting
Landry, N. — Yea
Stagni — Yea
White — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Armes — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
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 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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 503?
HB 503 is sponsored by Rick Edmonds (Republican), Terry Brown, Steve Carter, Julie Emerson, Reid Falconer, Ray Garofalo, Jerry "Truck" Gisclair, Patrick O. Jefferson, Edmond Jordan (Democrat), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Joseph Marino, Joe Stagni, Pat Moore (Democrat), and Mike Johnson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 503?
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 503?
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