Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 19 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 286 — CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to expungements for certain amounts of possession of marijuana (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 342.

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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 28, 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.

  • 25 sponsors

    1 primary, 24 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (19 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. 342.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2023.

  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 32 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  8. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

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

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

  11. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

  12. Reported favorably.

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

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

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 30. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2023.

  18. Reported with amendments (7-0-1).

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

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

  21. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 24 co-sponsors · 122 not signed on · 28 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (24)

Not signed on (122)

122 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 (#858)

Passed 32 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11200
Republican 14500
Democrat 7000
Total 32700
% of votes cast 82%18%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
White — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Pope — Nay
Peacock — Nay
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 Nay
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Nay
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Nay
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Nay
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 Nay

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FINAL PASSAGE (#601)

Passed 69 Yea · 30 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 22703
Republican 232303
Democrat 24000
Total 693006
% of votes cast 66%29%0%6%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Glover — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Stagni — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Marino — Yea
Willard — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Frieman — Nay
Mincey — Nay
Garofalo — Nay
Coussan — Nay
Goudeau — Nay
Stefanski — Nay
Davis — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
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 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 Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Nay
Brett F. Geymann Republican Nay
Bryan Fontenot Republican Nay
Charles Owen Republican Nay
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Nay
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Nay
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Nay
Jack McFarland Republican Nay
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Not Voting
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Not Voting
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Nay
Kathy Edmonston Republican Nay
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Nay
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
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 Nay
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 Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Nay
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 286?
HB 286 is sponsored by Gary Carter (Democrat), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Matthew Willard, Larry Selders (Democrat), Vincent J. Pierre, Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Jason Hughes, Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Cedric Glover, Randal L. Gaines, Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), and Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 286?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 28, 2023. Enacted.
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