2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB56
Legislative Summary
Provides relative to the freedom to display the flag of the United States
Demographic Impact
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Bill History
3/12/2025
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
3/12/2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
House of Representatives
3/14/2025
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/14/2025.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
House of Representatives
5/6/2025
Reported favorably (9-0).
House of Representatives
5/7/2025
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
5/8/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.
House of Representatives
5/12/2025
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/12/2025
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
5/13/2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Senate
5/29/2025
Reported with amendments.
Senate
Amendments
Senate Committee Amendment #2303 JUDA Draft
Senate Committee Amendment #2303 JUDA Draft
Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #2304 JUDA Proposed
Senate Committee Amendment #2304 JUDA Proposed
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Vote on HB 56 FINAL PASSAGE (#321)
5/12/2025
86
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
12
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(5/12/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Republican: 20
Primary Sponsor
Dodie Horton
Republican
Co-Sponsors (19)
Beryl Amedee
Republican
Tony Bacala
Republican
Mike Bayham
Republican
Beth Billings
Republican
Rhonda Butler
Republican
Raymond Crews
Republican
Phillip DeVillier
Republican
Kellee Dickerson
Republican
Julie Emerson
Republican
Gabe Firment
Republican
Mike Johnson
Republican
Jacob Landry
Republican
Michael Melerine
Republican
Charles Owen
Republican
Francis Thompson
Republican
Lauren Ventrella
Republican
Roger Wilder
Republican
Jeff Wiley
Republican
John Wyble
Republican