Louisiana 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 38 — CRIME: Raises the minimum age relative to the distribution, sale, purchase, or possession of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Last action — Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 25, nays 56. 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 2019 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 25, nays 56. Failed to pass.

  2. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  3. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/19.

  4. Reported with amendments (19-0).

  5. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  6. Reported with amendments (10-2).

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

  8. Discharged from the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  9. Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  10. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/1/2019.

  11. Prefiled.

  12. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

Sponsors

  • Frank Hoffmann · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 27 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Frank Hoffmann

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 (#557)

Failed 25 Yea · 56 Nay · 24 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1529016
Democrat 4804
Republican 61904
Total 2556024
% of votes cast 24%53%0%23%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Henry — Yea
LeBas — Nay
Leger — Nay
Leopold — Nay
Magee — Nay
Marino — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Norton — Yea
Pope — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
White — Yea
Anders — Nay
Billiot — Nay
Bouie — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Nay
Guinn — Nay
Hollis — Nay
Huval — Nay
Ivey — Nay
Moss — Nay
Bishop — Nay
Jones — Nay
Brown, C. — Nay
Johnson, R. — Nay
Pearson — Nay
Schexnayder — Nay
Landry, N. — Nay
DuBuisson — Nay
Simon — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
Coussan — Nay
Davis — Nay
Emerson — Nay
Falconer — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Howard — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Carmody — Not Voting
Pierre — Not Voting
Pugh — Not Voting
Pylant — Not Voting
Richard — Not Voting
Abramson — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Armes — Nay
Bagneris — Not Voting
Berthelot — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Dwight — Nay
Franklin — Not Voting
Gaines — Not Voting
Garofalo — Not Voting
Gisclair — Not Voting
Landry, T. — Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Not Voting
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Not Voting
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 38?
HB 38 is sponsored by Frank Hoffmann.
What is the current status of HB 38?
This bill died with 2019 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 38?
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