JUVENILES/JURISDICTION: Creates a Juvenile Justice District to include the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
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 30, 2023
Signed Jun 7, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2023 · House May 3, 2023
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
May 29, 2023
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican23
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 24, 2023
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (9-0-1).
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gregory A. Miller
RRepublican
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