Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 7 D cosponsors

SB 61 — DISCRIMINATION: Prohibits race discrimination based on natural hairstyles. (8/1/21)

Last action — Read by title, returned to the calendar.

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

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 by title, returned to the calendar.

  2. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2021.

  3. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  4. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  5. Reported with amendments (7-4). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  6. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  9. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

  12. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (136)

136 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 (#201)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15002
Republican 15001
Democrat 6000
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Johns — Not Voting
Peterson — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Not Voting
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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CO-AUTHORS (#202)

Failed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 31 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5001
Unaffiliated 30014
Republican 00016
Total 80031
% of votes cast 21%0%0%79%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Bouie — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mr. President — Not Voting
Hewitt — Not Voting
Peterson — Not Voting
Johns — Not Voting
Pope — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Milligan — Not Voting
Mills, F. — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
Mills, R. — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Henry — Not Voting
Peacock — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Not Voting
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Franklin J. Foil Republican Not Voting
Glen Womack Republican Not Voting
Heather Cloud Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Not Voting
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 61?
SB 61 is sponsored by Regina Barrow (Democrat), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Louie Bernard, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Joseph Bouie, Cleo Fields, Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Edward J. Price (Democrat), Gregory Tarver, and Gary Carter (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 61?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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 SB 61?
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