PROPERTY/EXPROPRIATION: Provides for the expropriation of property by a declaration of taking by certain political subdivisions of Calcasieu Parish
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 28, 2023
Signed Jun 6, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2023 · House Apr 27, 2023
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 35
May 18, 2023
D
Democratic12
83% Yea
R
Republican23
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 9, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0-1).
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Les Farnum
RRepublican
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