Louisiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed House 34 R cosponsors

HB 435 — CIVIL/DAMAGES: Provides limitations relative to claims for general damages

Last action — Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

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

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

  3. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 23. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  4. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.

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

  6. Reported with amendments (10-2-1).

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

  8. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 34 co-sponsors · 112 not signed on · 20 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (34)

Not signed on (112)

112 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

FINAL PASSAGE (#86)

Passed 63 Yea · 23 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7302
Republican 56208
Democrat 01808
Total 6323018
% of votes cast 61%22%0%17%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Galle — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Nay
Hughes — Nay
Willard — Nay
Brown — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Nay
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Not Voting
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Nay
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
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 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 Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Nay
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Not Voting
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Not Voting
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Not Voting
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
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 Not Voting
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 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 Not Voting
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 435?
HB 435 is sponsored by Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Neil Riser (Republican), Charles Owen (Republican), Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican), Jack McFarland (Republican), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Mike Johnson (Republican), Dodie Horton (Republican), Julie Emerson, Phillip DeVillier (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Josh Carlson (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), John E. Wyble (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Chance Keith Henry (Republican), Troy Jude Hebert (Republican), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Jr., Jack "Jay" William Gallé (Republican), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Jessica Domangue (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Kim Carver (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), and Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 435?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 435?
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