SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
This bill re-establishes the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in Louisiana, which had previously been allowed to sunset, ensuring the agency and its related units continue to operate as of June 30, 2024. The legislation sets a specific expiration date of July 1, 2029, after which the department will cease to exist unless the legislature passes new laws to renew it. Additionally, the bill updates the state's sunset review schedule by adding the department to a list of agencies that must undergo periodic legislative review to remain active.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed May 15, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Mar 27, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 7, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican25
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 24, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
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 · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rodney Schamerhorn
RRepublican
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