Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 398 — ATTORNEY GENERAL: Creates an occupational licensing board review program within the office of the attorney general (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 399.

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 01, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

Read HB 398 on the official Louisiana source →

Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 399.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2021.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 4 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  8. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

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

  12. Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.

  13. Called from the calendar.

  14. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  15. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  16. Notice given.

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

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2021.

  19. Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.

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

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

  22. Reported with amendments (7-2-1). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

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

  24. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.

  25. Prefiled.

  26. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 19 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 146 →

"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

FINAL PASSAGE (#924)

Passed 34 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14200
Democrat 4200
Republican 16000
Total 34400
% of votes cast 89%11%0%0%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Ward — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Peterson — Nay
Smith — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
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 Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#756)

Passed 67 Yea · 24 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 45202
Democrat 21406
Unaffiliated 20806
Total 6724014
% of votes cast 64%23%0%13%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Romero — Yea
Huval — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Magee — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Marino — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Brown — Nay
Glover — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Cormier — Nay
Jones — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Willard — Nay
Bishop — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Hughes — Not Voting
Ivey — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Gaines — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Not Voting
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
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 Nay
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
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety labor
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 398?
HB 398 is sponsored by Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 398?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 01, 2021. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 398?
Track HB 398 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on HB 398

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of HB 398

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →