DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: Provides for new assistant district attorney positions for various judicial districts in the state (EN +$2,592,390 GF EX See Note)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Governor
Introduced Mar 3, 2022
Last action Jun 3, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2022 · House May 3, 2022
How they voted
25–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 27
May 26, 2022
D
Democratic9
77% Yea
R
Republican18
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Amendments
4
May 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 26, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
May 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 24, 2022
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 23, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 18, 2022
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
upper
May 17, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 9, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
upper
May 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 25, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments (20-0).
lower
Apr 11, 2022
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (7-0).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 40 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jean-Paul Coussan
RRepublican
Co
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Chad Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Clay Schexnayder
RRepublican
Co
Debbie Villio
RRepublican
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Foy Gadberry
RRepublican
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