Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 24 D · 6 R cosponsors

HB 554 — HOLIDAYS: Designates Juneteenth as a state holiday

Last action — Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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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 82% · 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.

  • 46 sponsors

    1 primary, 45 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (24 D · 6 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  2. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 128.

  3. Effective date: 08/.01/2021.

  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 37 yeas and 0 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. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/02/2021.

  14. Reported favorably (12-0).

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

  16. Prefiled.

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

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 45 co-sponsors · 101 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (45)

Not signed on (101)

101 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 (#929)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Republican 15001
Democrat 6000
Total 37001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
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 Not Voting
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

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CO-AUTHORS (#930)

Failed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 25 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5001
Unaffiliated 50011
Republican 30013
Total 130025
% of votes cast 34%0%0%66%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Mr. President — Not Voting
Henry — Not Voting
Peacock — Not Voting
Hewitt — Not Voting
Pope — Not Voting
Bernard — Not Voting
Johns — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Milligan — Not Voting
Mills, R. — 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 Yea
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 Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#935)

Passed 87 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 22000
Unaffiliated 27007
Republican 380011
Total 870018
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Gaines — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Brown — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Romero — Yea
Jones — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Marino — Yea
Willard — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Frieman — Not Voting
Bishop — Not Voting
Garofalo — Not Voting
DuBuisson — Not Voting
Huval — Not Voting
James — 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 Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Kathy Edmonston Republican Not Voting
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 554?
HB 554 is sponsored by Larry Selders (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Jason Hughes, Edward Ted James, Samuel Jenkins, Frederick D. Jones, III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Vincent J. Pierre, Matthew Willard, Regina Barrow (Democrat), Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Joseph Bouie, Troy Carter, Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Edward J. Price (Democrat), Gary Carter (Democrat), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Randal L. Gaines, Cedric Glover, Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Patrick O. Jefferson, Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Mandie Landry (Democrat), Dustin Miller (Democrat), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Malinda White, Cleo Fields, Patrick McMath (Republican), Fred H. Mills, Jr., Karen Carter Peterson, Gary L. Smith, Jr., Kirk Talbot (Republican), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), C. Travis Johnson (Democrat), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 554?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 02, 2021. Enacted.
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