Louisiana 2020 Second Extraordinary Session Status: Passed House 15 R cosponsors

HB 9 — PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides relative to the free exercise of religion during a public health emergency (Items #2, 28, and 60) (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Last action — Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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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 2020 Second Extraordinary 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  2. Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

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

  4. Scheduled for floor debate on 10/13/20.

  5. Reported favorably (6-3).

  6. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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

  8. Prefiled.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 21 co-sponsors · 125 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (21)

Not signed on (125)

125 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 (#93)

Passed 66 Yea · 24 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 23707
Republican 41105
Democrat 21603
Total 6624015
% of votes cast 63%23%0%14%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Henry — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Romero — Yea
Huval — Yea
Davis — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Magee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Landry — Nay
Hughes — Nay
James — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Jones — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Willard — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Pierre — Not Voting
Stagni — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Not Voting
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 9?
HB 9 is sponsored by Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Julie Emerson, Larry Frieman, Ray Garofalo, Lance Harris, Valarie Hodges (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Shane Mack (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Alan Seabaugh (Republican), Danny McCormick (Republican), Beryl Amedee, Tony Bacala (Republican), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Mack Cormier, Jean-Paul Coussan, Rick Edmonds (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), and Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 9?
This bill died with 2020 Second Extraordinary 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 9?
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