2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB79
Legislative Summary
Provides relative to the applicability of firearm enhancement provisions and penalties to plea agreements
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Bill History
3/17/2025
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House of Representatives
3/21/2025
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/21/2025.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Reported favorably (11-0).
House of Representatives
4/22/2025
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
4/23/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025.
House of Representatives
4/24/2025
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
4/28/2025
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
4/29/2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Senate
5/14/2025
Reported favorably.
Senate
5/19/2025
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate
5/20/2025
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate
5/28/2025
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate
5/29/2025
Received from the Senate without amendments.
House of Representatives
5/29/2025
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
House of Representatives
5/30/2025
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
House of Representatives
Roll Call Votes
Senate Vote on HB 79 FINAL PASSAGE (#425)
5/28/2025
36
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Vote on HB 79 FINAL PASSAGE (#19)
4/24/2025
86
Yea
4
Nay
0
Not Voting
14
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Enrolled(5/29/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sponsors
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Tony Bacala
Republican