HB 277 is sponsored by Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), and Timothy P. Kerner (Republican).

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Louisiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 277 — MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits smoking in an automobile when a minor is present

Last action June 03, 2024 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 489.

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Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 03, 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 92% · high confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
3 sponsors

1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (2 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

June 03, 2024
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 489.
June 03, 2024
Effective date: 08/01/2024.
May 28, 2024
Signed by the President of the Senate.
May 24, 2024
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
May 24, 2024
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
May 23, 2024
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
May 23, 2024
Received from the Senate without amendments.
May 20, 2024
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
May 16, 2024
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
May 15, 2024
Reported favorably.
March 25, 2024
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
March 20, 2024
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
March 19, 2024
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
March 18, 2024
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
March 18, 2024
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/19/2024.
March 13, 2024
Reported favorably (10-0).
March 11, 2024
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
February 28, 2024
Prefiled.
February 28, 2024
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Timothy P. Kerner Republican

Co-sponsors (2)

Alonzo L. Knox Democrat
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat

Not signed on (144)

144 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

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	0
Republican	24	0	0	2
Democrat	6	0	0	3
Total	34	0	0	5
% of votes cast	87%	0%	0%	13%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. President	—	Yea
Fields	—	Yea
Bouie	—	Yea
Coussan	—	Yea
Edward J. Price	Democrat	Yea
Gary Carter	Democrat	Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux	Democrat	Yea
Jay Luneau	Democrat	Yea
Jimmy Harris	Democrat	Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews	Democrat	Yea
Regina Barrow	Democrat	Not Voting
Royce Duplessis	Democrat	Yea
Sam Jenkins	Democrat	Yea
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	Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi	Republican	Yea
Mike Reese	Republican	Yea
Patrick Connick	Republican	Yea
Patrick McMath	Republican	Yea
Rick Edmonds	Republican	Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen	Republican	Not Voting
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	10	2	0	0
Republican	59	3	0	4
Democrat	26	0	0	1
Total	95	5	0	5
% of votes cast	90%	5%	0%	5%

Member	Party	Vote
Mr. Speaker	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Willard	—	Yea
Amedee	—	Nay
Galle	—	Nay
Emerson	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Brown	—	Yea
Hughes	—	Yea
Stagni	—	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
Edmond Jordan	Democrat	Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain	Democrat	Yea
Joy Walters	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
Rashid Armand Young	Democrat	Yea
Robby Carter	Democrat	Yea
Rodney Lyons	Democrat	Yea
Roy Daryl Adams	Democrat	Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena	Democrat	Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter	Democrat	Yea
Steven Jackson	Democrat	Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor	Democrat	Yea
Tammy T. Phelps	Democrat	Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion	Democrat	Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur	Democrat	Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg	Republican	Yea
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	Nay
Daryl Andrew Deshotel	Republican	Nay
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	Yea
III, Roger William Wilder	Republican	Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox	Republican	Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu	Republican	Nay
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., 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	Yea
Larry A. Bagley	Republican	Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella	Republican	Yea
Laurie Schlegel	Republican	Yea
Les Farnum	Republican	Yea
Mark Wright	Republican	Not Voting
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	Not Voting
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	Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner	Republican	Yea
Tony Bacala	Republican	Yea
Troy Jude Hebert	Republican	Yea
Wayne McMahen	Republican	Yea

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 277?: HB 277 is sponsored by Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), and Timothy P. Kerner (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 277?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2024. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: HB 277
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 28, 2024
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Timothy P. Kerner

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