PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to pardons
HB 391 amends the Louisiana statutes governing pardons by removing an option that allowed for a specific type of parole consideration. This change directly affects the legal process for granting pardons, ensuring that only one specific subsection of the law is referenced when evaluating eligibility. The bill does not create new rights or penalties but rather narrows the existing legal criteria used by officials processing pardon requests.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Vetoed
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Vetoed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2024 · House May 29, 2024
How they voted
30–7
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
May 21, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican26
69% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jun 19, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by the Governor.
lower
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 63, nays 30, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 8, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 10, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 59, nays 41. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (12-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Delisha Boyd
DDemocratic
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Tehmi Chassion
DDemocratic
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