Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 26 R · 16 D cosponsors

HB 398 — AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Requires persons being transported offshore by aircraft wear life jackets equipped with personal locator beacons

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 168.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 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.

  • 59 sponsors

    1 primary, 58 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (26 R · 16 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 168.

  2. Effective date: 01/01/2024.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2023.

  9. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. Reported with amendments.

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

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2023.

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  18. Reported with amendments (12-0).

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

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

  21. Prefiled.

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 58 co-sponsors · 88 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Troy D. Romero

Co-sponsors (58)

Not signed on (88)

88 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

CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#793)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32000
Republican 41008
Democrat 23001
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Marino — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Brown — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Davis — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
Magee — Yea
Willard — Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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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FINAL PASSAGE (#494)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 17002
Democrat 6001
Unaffiliated 11002
Total 34005
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Milligan — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Mills, R. — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — 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 Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Cameron Henry Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#32)

Passed 100 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30002
Democrat 24000
Republican 46003
Total 100005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hollis — 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
McKnight — Yea
Frieman — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Bishop — Yea
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 Yea
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 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 Not Voting
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
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 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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 398?
HB 398 is sponsored by Jerome Zeringue (Republican), Mark Wright (Republican), Matthew Willard, Malinda White, Debbie Villio (Republican), John Stefanski, Larry Selders (Democrat), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Clay Schexnayder, Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Thomas Pressly, Vincent J. Pierre, Charles Owen (Republican), Joseph A. Orgeron (Republican), Pat Moore (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), Samuel Jenkins, Barry Ivey, Dodie Horton (Republican), Lance Harris, Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Julie Emerson, Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Mary DuBuisson, Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Mack Cormier, Robby Carter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Scott McKnight, Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Jonathan Goudeau, Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Paula Davis, Chad Brown, Troy D. Romero, III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc (Republican), Brett F. Geymann (Republican), C. Travis Johnson (Democrat), and Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 398?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2023. Enacted.
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