Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 652 — CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to penalties for possession of marijuana (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 247.

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  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 02, 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.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 D · 1 R) — 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. 247.

  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 20 yeas and 17 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 25. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2021.

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

  16. Reported with amendments (12-0).

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

  18. Prefiled.

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

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on · 31 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Cedric Glover

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 (#857)

Passed 20 Yea · 17 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 6901
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 8800
Total 201701
% of votes cast 53%45%0%3%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Peterson — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Ward — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Mr. President — Nay
Hewitt — Nay
Pope — Nay
Johns — Nay
Milligan — Nay
White — Nay
Henry — Nay
Peacock — Nay
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 Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Nay
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Nay
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Nay

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AMENDMENT # 2511 BY MARCELLE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#386)

Passed 71 Yea · 19 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27205
Republican 261706
Democrat 18004
Total 7119015
% of votes cast 68%18%0%14%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Glover — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jones — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Marino — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
McKnight — Not Voting
Bishop — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Ivey — Not Voting
Magee — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Not Voting
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Not Voting
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Not Voting
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#387)

Passed 68 Yea · 25 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 252004
Democrat 19102
Unaffiliated 24406
Total 6825012
% of votes cast 65%24%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Ivey — Nay
Mincey — Nay
Bishop — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Magee — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
McKnight — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Jones — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Not Voting
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Not Voting
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 652?
HB 652 is sponsored by Cedric Glover, Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Jason Hughes, Frederick D. Jones, Mandie Landry (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Richard Nelson, Vincent J. Pierre, Larry Selders (Democrat), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 652?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 02, 2021. Enacted.
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