SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Justice
This bill re-establishes the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation and Development in Louisiana. It sets a specific timeline for these agencies to operate, effective from June 30, 2024, until July 1, 2025, after which their authority will end unless they are re-created again. The legislation also updates the official list of agencies included in the sunset review process to ensure these departments are properly tracked.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2024 · House Apr 8, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
May 31, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican25
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
13
Committee
13
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
May 31, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0-3)
senate
May 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report received.
upper
May 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
lower
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate conference committee members appointed: Connick, Coussan, and Reese.
upper
May 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 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
Apr 8, 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
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Peter Egan
RRepublican
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