HB 23 Louisiana House · 2021 Regular Session

CRIME: Repeals crimes relative to defamation

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2021

Committee Review

May 2021

House Passage

Apr 2021

Senate Passage

May 2021

Signed into Law

Jun 2021

Introduced Feb 22, 2021 Signed Jun 4, 2021

Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2021 · House Apr 27, 2021

How they voted

26–1

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 28

May 26, 2021

D Democratic10

9 Yea 1 Nay

90% Yea

R Republican18

17 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Amendments

Jun 4, 2021

Signed into law

Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 60.

lower

May 26, 2021

Introduced

Received from the Senate without amendments.

lower

May 26, 2021

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 19, 2021

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 18, 2021

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Apr 28, 2021

Committee

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

upper

Apr 27, 2021

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 22, 2021

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (10-0).

lower

Apr 12, 2021

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

lower

Feb 22, 2021

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors