Louisiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 23 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 371 — RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: Provides relative to the free exercise of religion

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 358.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 03, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 20, 2025.

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.

  • 25 sponsors

    1 primary, 24 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (23 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 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. 358.

  2. Effective date: 06/20/2025.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 30 yeas and 5 nays.

  5. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  7. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  8. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  9. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  10. Conference committee report received.

  11. Rules suspended.

  12. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 64, nays 16. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  13. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  14. House conferees appointed: Amedee, Muscarello, and Crews.

  15. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  16. Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Hodges, and Mizell.

  17. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  18. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  19. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  20. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  21. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.

  22. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  24. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

  25. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Education.

  26. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

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

  28. Called from the calendar.

  29. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  30. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  31. Notice given.

  32. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.

  33. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.

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

  35. Reported with amendments (12-0).

  36. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  37. Prefiled.

  38. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 24 co-sponsors · 122 not signed on · 22 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

ADOPT (#971)

Passed 30 Yea · 5 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1100
Republican 26001
Democrat 3403
Total 30504
% of votes cast 77%13%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Bouie — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Nay
Jay Luneau Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers 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 Not Voting
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 →

Passed 64 Yea · 16 Nay · 25 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7204
Republican 530013
Democrat 41408
Total 6416025
% of votes cast 61%15%0%24%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Brown — Yea
Davis — Yea
Willard — Nay
Hughes — Nay
Romero — Not Voting
Emerson — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
Landry, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Nay
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Not Voting
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Nay
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Not Voting
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Not Voting
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Not Voting
Jack McFarland Republican Not Voting
Jacob Braud Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Not Voting
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Not Voting
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Passed 97 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 61005
Democrat 23003
Total 97008
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Galle — Yea
Romero — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Willard — Yea
Davis — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, 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 Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Not Voting
Ken Brass 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 Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Not Voting
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Chance Keith Henry Republican Not Voting
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 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#707)

Passed 33 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1100
Republican 27000
Democrat 5401
Total 33501
% of votes cast 85%13%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Bouie — Nay
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Nay
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
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
Brach Jerad Myers 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 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 (#415)

Passed 79 Yea · 9 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7302
Republican 62004
Democrat 106010
Total 799016
% of votes cast 76%9%0%15%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Romero — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Nay
Willard — Nay
Emerson — Not Voting
Davis — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Not Voting
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Delisha Boyd Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Not Voting
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Not Voting
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Not Voting
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Not Voting
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Not Voting
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Not Voting
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Beth Anne Billings 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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 371?
HB 371 is sponsored by John E. Wyble (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Lauren Ventrella (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Phillip Eric Tarver (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Pat Moore (Democrat), Dodie Horton (Republican), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Kim Carver (Republican), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Valarie Hodges (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Danny McCormick (Republican), Shane Mack (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), and Beryl Amedée (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 371?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 03, 2025. Enacted.
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