Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 14 R · 3 D cosponsors

SB 124 — GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION: Requires the playing or singing of the national anthem prior to certain athletic contests. (8/1/21)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 224.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 29 sponsors

    1 primary, 28 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (14 R · 3 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 224.

  2. Effective date 8/1/2021.

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021.

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays.

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

  8. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 11. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2021.

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

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Reported favorably (8-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

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

  17. Reported favorably.

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

  19. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 28 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 7 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Sharon Hewitt

Co-sponsors (28)

Not signed on (118)

118 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

CONCUR (#644)

Passed 34 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14101
Republican 15001
Democrat 5001
Total 34103
% of votes cast 89%3%0%8%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith — Yea
White — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Peterson — Nay
Ward — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#755)

Passed 74 Yea · 11 Nay · 20 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21409
Republican 47002
Democrat 6709
Total 7411020
% of votes cast 70%10%0%19%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Brown — Yea
Romero — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Davis — Yea
Magee — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
McKnight — Yea
White — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Pierre — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Marino — Nay
Willard — Nay
Bishop — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Jones — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Huval — Not Voting
Cormier — Not Voting
Ivey — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Gaines — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Not Voting
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann 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 Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
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
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
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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FINAL PASSAGE (#209)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14003
Republican 15001
Democrat 5001
Total 34005
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Bouie — Not Voting
Johns — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
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

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 124?
SB 124 is sponsored by Sharon Hewitt, Mark Abraham (Republican), Robert Allain (Republican), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Louie Bernard, Joseph Bouie, Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Heather Cloud (Republican), Patrick Connick (Republican), Patrick Page Cortez, Franklin J. Foil (Republican), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Bob Hensgens (Republican), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Ronnie Johns, Eddie J. Lambert (Republican), Patrick McMath (Republican), Barry Milligan, Fred H. Mills, Jr., Robert Mills, Beth Mizell (Republican), Barrow Peacock, J. Rogers Pope, Mike Reese (Republican), Kirk Talbot (Republican), Rick Ward, III, Mack Bodi White, Jr., Glen Womack (Republican), and Cameron Henry (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 124?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2021. Enacted.
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