Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed House 2 D cosponsors

HB 565 — MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to the operation of a motor vehicle while using wireless telecommunication devices (RE1 See Note)

Last action — Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

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

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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. Reconsidered. Read by title; returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  2. Rules suspended.

  3. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  4. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  5. Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 19 yeas and 18 nays.

  6. Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.

  7. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  9. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

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

  11. Called from the calendar.

  12. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 77, nays 20. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  13. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  14. Notice given.

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

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

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

  18. Reported favorably (13-0).

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  20. Prefiled.

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on · 23 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Mike Huval

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (144)

144 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 (#955)

Failed 19 Yea · 18 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7801
Republican 8800
Democrat 4200
Total 191801
% of votes cast 50%47%0%3%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Pope — Yea
Fields — Nay
Peacock — Nay
Bouie — Nay
Peterson — Nay
Hewitt — Nay
Johns — Nay
Mills, R. — Nay
White — Nay
Henry — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
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 Nay
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Nay
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Nay
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Robert Allain Republican Nay
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#571)

Passed 77 Yea · 20 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 24703
Democrat 18103
Republican 351202
Total 772008
% of votes cast 73%19%0%8%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Romero — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Davis — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Mincey — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Nelson — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Marino — Nay
Glover — Not Voting
Jones — Not Voting
Emerson — Not Voting
Bishop — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
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 Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Not Voting
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
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 Nay
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 565?
HB 565 is sponsored by Mike Huval, Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), and Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 565?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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 HB 565?
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