HB 302 — CEMETERIES: Provides relative to cemetery trust funds
Last action — Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 28, 2023. Enacted.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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8 sponsors
1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (7 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
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Read HB 302 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 22.
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Effective date: 08/01/2023.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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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.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2023.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported with amendments (9-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Sponsors
- Jack McFarland · Cosponsor
- Patrick O. Jefferson · Cosponsor
- Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
- R. Dewith Carrier · Cosponsor
- Rhonda Gaye Butler · Cosponsor
- Christopher Turner · Cosponsor
- Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc III · Primary
- Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican
Co-sponsors (7)
- Jack McFarland Republican
- Patrick O. Jefferson
- Dodie Horton Republican
- R. Dewith Carrier Republican
- Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican
- Christopher Turner Republican
- III, Vincent E. Cox Republican
Not signed on (139)
139 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 139 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Bernard | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Milligan | — | Yea |
| Mills, F. | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Mills, R. | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 44 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Democrat | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 96 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Mincey | — | Yea |
| Goudeau | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Cormier | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Not Voting |
| McKnight | — | Not Voting |
| Hollis | — | Not Voting |
| Frieman | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Not Voting |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 | Yea |
| 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 302?
- HB 302 is sponsored by Jack McFarland (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, Dodie Horton (Republican), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Christopher Turner (Republican), III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc (Republican), and III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 302?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 28, 2023. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB 302?
- Track HB 302 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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