HB 519 — MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to the operation of a motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunication device (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 288.
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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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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 04, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 11, 2025.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
Likely to advance
82% · high confidence
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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12 sponsors
1 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (11 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.
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Mixed recorded votes
3 passed, 1 failed in 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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Read HB 519 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 288.
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Effective date: 08/01/2025.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
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Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/2025.
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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.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported favorably (10-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
Sponsors
- Mandie Landry · Cosponsor
- Patrick McMath · Cosponsor
- John E. Wyble · Cosponsor
- Michael Melerine · Cosponsor
- Chance Keith Henry · Cosponsor
- Troy Jude Hebert · Cosponsor
- Jessica Domangue · Cosponsor
- Kimberly Landry Coates · Cosponsor
- Kim Carver · Cosponsor
- Stephanie H. Berault · Cosponsor
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. · Cosponsor
- Brian Leonard Glorioso · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 135 not signed on · 75 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Voted No
Co-sponsors (11)
- Mandie Landry Democrat Voted No
- Patrick McMath Republican
- John E. Wyble Republican Voted No
- Michael Melerine Republican Voted No
- Chance Keith Henry Republican Voted No
- Troy Jude Hebert Republican Voted No
- Jessica Domangue Republican Voted No
- Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Voted No
- Kim Carver Republican Voted No
- Stephanie H. Berault Republican Voted No
- Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Voted No
Not signed on (135)
135 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 135 →"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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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Passed
94 Yea
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1 Nay
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10 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 59 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Democrat | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 94 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 1% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
Passed
33 Yea
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5 Nay
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1 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 13% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | 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 | Not Voting |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Nay |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Nay |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Nay |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
Failed
23 Yea
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74 Nay
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7 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 19 | 43 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 23 | 74 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 22% | 71% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (104)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Nay |
| Hughes | — | Nay |
| Romero | — | Nay |
| Brown | — | Nay |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Willard | — | Nay |
| Davis | — | Nay |
| Johnson, T. | — | Nay |
| St. Blanc | — | Nay |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Nay |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Nay |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Nay |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Nay |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Nay |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Nay |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Nay |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Nay |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Nay |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Nay |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Nay |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Nay |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Nay |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Nay |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Nay |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Nay |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Not Voting |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Nay |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Nay |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Nay |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Nay |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Nay |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Nay |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Nay |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Nay |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Not Voting |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Nay |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Nay |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Not Voting |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Nay |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Nay |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Nay |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Nay |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Not Voting |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Nay |
Passed
71 Yea
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28 Nay
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5 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 42 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 71 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 68% | 27% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (104)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Emerson | — | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Nay |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Nay |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Nay |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Nay |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Nay |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Nay |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Nay |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Not Voting |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Nay |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Nay |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Nay |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 519?
- HB 519 is sponsored by Mandie Landry (Democrat), Patrick McMath (Republican), John E. Wyble (Republican), Michael Melerine (Republican), Chance Keith Henry (Republican), Troy Jude Hebert (Republican), Jessica Domangue (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Kim Carver (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), and Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 519?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 04, 2025. Enacted.
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