PRESCRIPTION: Extends prescription on tort actions
HB 315 is a procedural bill that does not create new laws or change existing policies on its own. Instead, it establishes a condition for when a previous set of laws regarding prescription periods for tort actions will officially take effect. The bill specifies that these related laws will only become operative if and when four other specific bills from the 2024 legislative session are passed and enacted. Consequently, the measure directly affects the implementation timeline of those other bills rather than introducing independent legal changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 28, 2024
Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2024 · House Mar 25, 2024
How they voted
26–9
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 21, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 1, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 18. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Cleo Fields
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Gary Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald Boudreaux
DDemocratic
Co
Jimmy Harris
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Stagni
RRepublican
Co
Kathy Edmonston
RRepublican
Co
Katrina Jackson-Andrews
DDemocratic
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