Louisiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 12 R · 12 D cosponsors

HB 453 — JUVENILES: Eliminates the statute of limitations to prosecute the crime of molestation of a juvenile

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 698.

  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 February 29, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 19, 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 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 26 sponsors

    1 primary, 25 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (12 R · 12 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 698.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2024.

  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. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  7. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  8. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  9. Rules suspended.

  10. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  11. Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

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

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.

  18. Reported favorably (7-0).

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

  20. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 25 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (25)

Not signed on (121)

121 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1395)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 25001
Unaffiliated 4000
Democrat 9000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter 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
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
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

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#1124)

Passed 96 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 62004
Democrat 25002
Unaffiliated 9003
Total 96009
% of votes cast 91%0%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Hughes — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Romero — Yea
Brown — Yea
Willard — Yea
Davis — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Emerson — Not Voting
Galle — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Not Voting
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 Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
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 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 Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 453?
HB 453 is sponsored by Joy Walters (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Brach Jerad Myers (Republican), Dustin Miller (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Mandie Landry (Democrat), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Jason Hughes, Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Paula Davis, III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Jacob Braud (Republican), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), and III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 453?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 29, 2024. Enacted.
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