Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 40 R · 16 D cosponsors

SCR 8 — LAW ENFORCEMENT: Creates the Task Force on Safety for Law Enforcement Officers Involved in High Speed Vehicle Pursuits to study and review police officer training and protocols necessary to increase the safety of law enforcement officers and innocent bystanders.

Last action — Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.

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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 April 10, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 74 sponsors

    1 primary, 73 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (40 R · 16 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

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

  4. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.

  5. Read by title, concurred in by vote of 104 yeas, 0 nays.

  6. Received from the House with amendments.

  7. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2023.

  9. Reported favorably (10-0-1).

  10. Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  11. Reported with amendments (9-0) To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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

  13. Received in the House from the Senate.

  14. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

  15. Senate amendments read and adopted. Read by title and adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered engrossed and sent to the House.

  16. Reported with amendments.

  17. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

  18. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 73 co-sponsors · 73 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (73)

Not signed on (73)

73 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 (#586)

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 CONSIDERATION (#725)

Passed 104 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32000
Republican 48001
Democrat 24000
Total 104001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Glover — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
White — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
McKnight — 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 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 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 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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CO-AUTHORS (#56)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 16003
Democrat 6001
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
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
White — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Mills, R. — 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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CO-AUTHORS (#55)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 17002
Democrat 6001
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Fields — 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 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 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 Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SCR 8?
SCR 8 is sponsored by Johnson, T., Mark Wright (Republican), Polly Thomas (Republican), Larry Selders (Democrat), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Richard Nelson, Blake Miguez (Republican), Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Alonzo Knox, Mike Johnson (Republican), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Ray Garofalo, Foy Bryan Gadberry (Republican), Bryan Fontenot (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Les Farnum (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Chad Brown, Delisha Boyd (Democrat), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Glen Womack (Republican), Mack Bodi White, Jr., Gregory Tarver, Kirk Talbot (Republican), Jeremy Stine (Republican), Gary L. Smith, Jr., Mike Reese (Republican), Edward J. Price (Democrat), J. Rogers Pope, Barrow Peacock, John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Robert Mills, Fred H. Mills, Jr., Barry Milligan, Patrick McMath (Republican), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Eddie J. Lambert (Republican), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Sharon Hewitt, Bob Hensgens (Republican), Cameron Henry (Republican), Franklin J. Foil (Republican), Cleo Fields, Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Patrick Page Cortez, Patrick Connick (Republican), Heather Cloud (Republican), Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Gary Carter (Democrat), Joseph Bouie, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Louie Bernard, Regina Barrow (Democrat), Robert Allain (Republican), Mark Abraham (Republican), Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Michael "Big Mike" Fesi (Republican), and Gregory A. Miller (Republican).
What is the current status of SCR 8?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 10, 2023. Enacted.
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