2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB540
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Bill History
4/4/2025
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
4/4/2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
House of Representatives
4/23/2025
Reported with amendments (8-0).
House of Representatives
4/24/2025
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
House of Representatives
5/6/2025
Reported with amendments (17-0).
House of Representatives
5/7/2025
Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, 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 91, nays 5. 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 B.
Senate
Amendments
House Committee Amendment #1290 ACRJ Draft
House Committee Amendment #1290 ACRJ Draft
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #1560 ACRJ Proposed
House Committee Amendment #1560 ACRJ Proposed
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #1513 ACRJ Draft
House Committee Amendment #1513 ACRJ Draft
Not Adopted
House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment #864 Horton Proposed
House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment #864 Horton Proposed
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #2096 APP Draft
House Committee Amendment #2096 APP Draft
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #2284 APP Proposed
House Committee Amendment #2284 APP Proposed
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Vote on HB 540 FINAL PASSAGE (#341)
5/12/2025
91
Yea
5
Nay
0
Not Voting
8
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(5/12/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary B(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 6
Democrat: 10
Primary Sponsor
Bryan Fontenot
Republican
Co-Sponsors (15)
Delisha Boyd
Democrat
Wilford Carter
Democrat
Paula Davis
Republican
Peter Egan
Republican
Adrian Fisher
Democrat
Jason Hughes
Democrat
Edmond Jordan
Democrat
Jeremy LaCombe
Republican
Vanessa Caston Lafleur
Democrat
Denise Marcelle
Democrat
Shaun Mena
Democrat
Candace Newell
Democrat
Vincent St. Blanc
Republican
Matthew Willard
Democrat
John Wyble
Republican