Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 142 — COURTS: Authorizes the utilization of court reporters licensed in another state in certain circumstances. (8/1/23)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 326.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 326.

  2. Effective date 8/1/2023.

  3. Conference Committee report received.

  4. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.

  5. Rules suspended.

  6. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 83, nays 11. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  7. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  8. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  9. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  10. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  11. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  12. House conferees appointed: Jordan, Gaines, and Hughes.

  13. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  14. Senate conference committee members appointed: Carter, Peacock, and Harris.

  15. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  16. Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.

  17. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. Called from the calendar.

  19. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 56, nays 45. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  20. Received from the House with amendments.

  21. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.

  22. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  23. Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.

  24. Reported with amendments (6-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  26. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  27. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  28. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  29. Reported favorably.

  30. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  31. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 35 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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

ADOPT (#1016)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Republican 18001
Democrat 7000
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
White — 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 Not Voting
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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ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1215)

Passed 83 Yea · 11 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 24404
Republican 38704
Democrat 21003
Total 8311011
% of votes cast 79%10%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Glover — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Brown — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Magee — Yea
Garofalo — Nay
Romero — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
Emerson — Nay
Davis — Not Voting
Marino — Not Voting
Stagni — 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 Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
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 Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
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 Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Not Voting
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 Nay
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 Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
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 Not Voting
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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REJECT (#904)

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 (#997)

Passed 56 Yea · 45 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191201
Democrat 23100
Republican 143203
Total 564504
% of votes cast 53%43%0%4%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Magee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Glover — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Stagni — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
Marino — Nay
Emerson — Nay
Mincey — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Hollis — Not Voting
Bishop — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Brown — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
White — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Willard — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Goudeau — Nay
Romero — Nay
Davis — Nay
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Nay
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 Nay
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 Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Nay
Debbie Villio Republican Nay
Dodie Horton Republican Not Voting
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Nay
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Nay
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Nay
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Nay
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Nay
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Nay
Mike Johnson Republican Nay
Neil Riser Republican Nay
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Nay
Phillip DeVillier Republican Nay
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Nay
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Nay
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 Nay
Shane Mack Republican Nay
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Nay
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#144)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democrat 6001
Republican 16003
Total 34005
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mills, F. — Yea
Hewitt — Not Voting
Mr. President — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
White — Yea
Milligan — Yea
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
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 Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
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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