Louisiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 137 — CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to immunity from prosecution for medical marijuana

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 February 23, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Advancing 56% · 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.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • 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 President of the Senate.

  3. Reconsidered.

  4. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  7. Read by title. Failed to pass by a vote of 19 yeas and 14 nays.

  8. Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.

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

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

  11. Reported favorably.

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

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

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 25. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2022.

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

  17. Reported with amendments (10-0).

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

  19. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/25/2022.

  20. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

  • Joseph Marino · Primary
  • Cedric Glover · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 28 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Joseph Marino

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Cedric Glover

Not signed on (145)

145 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 (#1264)

Passed 26 Yea · 7 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8403
Republican 13301
Democrat 5001
Total 26705
% of votes cast 68%18%0%13%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Ward — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Mills, R. — Nay
Henry — Nay
Hewitt — Nay
Pope — Nay
Fields — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
Jeremy Stine 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

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1247)

Failed 19 Yea · 14 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7602
Republican 8702
Democrat 4101
Total 191405
% of votes cast 50%37%0%13%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Peacock — Nay
Henry — Nay
Pope — Nay
Bernard — Nay
Hewitt — Nay
Mills, R. — Nay
Fields — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Beth Mizell Republican Nay
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Nay
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Nay
Mark Abraham Republican Nay
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#499)

Passed 67 Yea · 25 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 23504
Republican 222007
Democrat 22002
Total 6725013
% of votes cast 64%24%0%12%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Glover — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Brown — Yea
Huval — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
White — Yea
Magee — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
Garofalo — Nay
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Ivey — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Gaines — Not Voting
Coussan — Not Voting
Hughes — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Emerson — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan 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 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
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Nay
Rick Edmonds Republican Nay
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Nay
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 137?
HB 137 is sponsored by Joseph Marino and Cedric Glover.
What is the current status of HB 137?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2022. Enacted.
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