Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 16 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 449 — VOTERS/VOTING: Provides relative to the rights of voters with disabilities (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 277.

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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 March 31, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 23 sponsors

    1 primary, 22 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (16 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 277.

  2. Effective date: 06/09/2023.

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

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 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. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

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

  11. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  12. Reported favorably.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2023.

  18. Reported favorably (15-0).

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

  20. Reported with amendments (9-0-1).

  21. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.

  23. Prefiled.

  24. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 22 co-sponsors · 124 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Matthew Willard

Co-sponsors (22)

Not signed on (124)

124 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 (#860)

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 19000
Democrat 7000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Pope — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — 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
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Cameron Henry Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
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 Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#639)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31001
Democrat 23001
Republican 42007
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Hollis — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Romero — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Glover — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Marino — Yea
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Not Voting
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
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 Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Not Voting
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 449?
HB 449 is sponsored by Vincent J. Pierre, Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Mandie Landry (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Samuel Jenkins, Patrick O. Jefferson, Jason Hughes, Cedric Glover, Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Robby Carter (Democrat), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Matthew Willard, III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), and Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 449?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2023. Enacted.
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