HB 23 is sponsored by Michael Melerine (Republican) and Alan Seabaugh (Republican).

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Louisiana 2024 Second Extraordinary Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

HB 23 — CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to procedures for challenging the constitutionality of a statute or law (Item #21)

Last action March 05, 2024 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 12.

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on March 05, 2024.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
2 sponsors

1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

March 05, 2024
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 12.
March 05, 2024
Effective date: 04/29/2024.
February 29, 2024
Read by title, roll called, yeas 71, nays 27, Senate amendments concurred in.
February 29, 2024
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
February 29, 2024
Signed by the President of the Senate.
February 29, 2024
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
February 28, 2024
Received from the Senate with amendments.
February 28, 2024
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
February 28, 2024
Scheduled for concurrence on 02/29/2024.
February 27, 2024
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
February 26, 2024
Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
February 25, 2024
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
February 23, 2024
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
February 22, 2024
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
February 22, 2024
Scheduled for floor debate on 02/23/2024.
February 21, 2024
Reported with amendments (10-3-1).
February 20, 2024
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 36 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Michael Melerine Republican

Co-sponsors (1)

Alan Seabaugh Republican

Not signed on (145)

145 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 (#83)

February 29, 2024

Passed 71 Yea · 28 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	2	0	2
Republican	65	1	0	2
Democrat	0	25	0	2
Total	71	28	0	6
% of votes cast	68%	27%	0%	6%

How each member voted (105)

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Emerson	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Stagni	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Hughes	—	Nay
Willard	—	Nay
Brown	—	Not Voting
Johnson, T.	—	Not Voting
St. Blanc	—	Yea
Adrian Fisher	Democrat	Nay
Aimee Adatto Freeman	Democrat	Nay
Alonzo L. Knox	Democrat	Nay
Barbara Carpenter	Democrat	Nay
C. Denise Marcelle	Democrat	Not Voting
Candace N. Newell	Democrat	Not Voting
Delisha Boyd	Democrat	Nay
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Nay
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Nay
Joy Walters	Democrat	Nay
Jr., Kyle M. Green	Democrat	Nay
Ken Brass	Democrat	Nay
Larry Selders	Democrat	Nay
Mandie Landry	Democrat	Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant	Democrat	Nay
Pat Moore	Democrat	Nay
Rashid Armand Young	Democrat	Nay
Robby Carter	Democrat	Nay
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Nay
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Nay
Shaun Raphael Mena	Democrat	Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Nay
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Nay
Sylvia Elaine Taylor	Democrat	Nay
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion	Democrat	Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Nay
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Yea
Beryl Amedée	Republican	Not Voting
Beth Anne Billings	Republican	Yea
Brach Jerad Myers	Republican	Yea
Brett F. Geymann	Republican	Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso	Republican	Yea
Bryan Fontenot	Republican	Yea
Chad Michael Boyer	Republican	Yea
Chance Keith Henry	Republican	Yea
Christopher Turner	Republican	Yea
Danny McCormick	Republican	Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Republican	Yea
Debbie Villio	Republican	Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin	Republican	Yea
Dodie Horton	Republican	Yea
Emily Chenevert	Republican	Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry	Republican	Yea
Francis C. Thompson	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Nay
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Yea
Jack McFarland	Republican	Yea
Jacob Braud	Republican	Yea
Jacob Jules Landry	Republican	Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt	Republican	Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley	Republican	Yea
Jeremy LaCombe	Republican	Yea
Jerome Zeringue	Republican	Yea
Jessica Domangue	Republican	Yea
John E. Wyble	Republican	Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron	Republican	Yea
Josh Carlson	Republican	Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg	Republican	Yea
Jr., Jack "Jay" William Gallé	Republican	Yea
Jr., John R. Illg	Republican	Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham	Republican	Yea
Kathy Edmonston	Republican	Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson	Republican	Yea
Kim Carver	Republican	Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates	Republican	Not Voting
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Yea
Lauren Ventrella	Republican	Yea
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Yea
Les Farnum	Republican	Yea
Mark Wright	Republican	Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment	Republican	Yea
Michael Charles Echols	Republican	Yea
Michael Melerine	Republican	Yea
Mike Johnson	Republican	Yea
Neil Riser	Republican	Yea
Nicholas Muscarello	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
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn	Republican	Yea
Ryan Bourriaque	Republican	Yea
Shane Mack	Republican	Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan	Republican	Yea
Stephanie H. Berault	Republican	Yea
Stephanie Hilferty	Republican	Yea
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Yea
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	3	1	0	0
Republican	25	0	0	1
Democrat	2	7	0	0
Total	30	8	0	1
% of votes cast	77%	21%	0%	3%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Fields	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Nay
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Nay
Gary Carter	Democrat	Nay
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Nay
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Nay
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Nay
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Nay
Adam Bass	Republican	Yea
Alan Seabaugh	Republican	Yea
Beth Mizell	Republican	Yea
Blake Miguez	Republican	Yea
Bob Hensgens	Republican	Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter	Republican	Yea
Eddie J. Lambert	Republican	Yea
Franklin J. Foil	Republican	Yea
Glen Womack	Republican	Yea
Gregory A. Miller	Republican	Yea
Heather Cloud	Republican	Yea
Jeremy Stine	Republican	Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris	Republican	Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat	Republican	Yea
Kirk Talbot	Republican	Yea
Mark Abraham	Republican	Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi	Republican	Not Voting
Mike Reese	Republican	Yea
Patrick Connick	Republican	Yea
Patrick McMath	Republican	Yea
Rick Edmonds	Republican	Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Yea
Robert Allain	Republican	Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey	Republican	Yea
Thomas A. Pressly	Republican	Yea
Valarie Hodges	Republican	Yea

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	4	0	0
Republican	66	1	0	1
Democrat	0	26	0	1
Total	72	31	0	2
% of votes cast	69%	30%	0%	2%

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	2	0	3
Republican	65	0	0	3
Democrat	0	25	0	2
Total	70	27	0	8
% of votes cast	67%	26%	0%	8%

Subjects

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Who sponsors HB 23?: HB 23 is sponsored by Michael Melerine (Republican) and Alan Seabaugh (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 23?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2024. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 23
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2024 Second Extraordinary Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 20, 2024
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Michael Melerine

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