HB 488 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

COMMERCE: Provides relative to blockchain and digital asset regulation

HB 488 is a procedural amendment bill that modifies the text of a previous legislative proposal regarding blockchain and digital asset regulation in Louisiana. The bill does not introduce new policies or rules but instead deletes specific language and reorganizes sections within the existing draft. These changes ensure that the final regulation does not prevent the application of existing state and federal securities laws to digital asset transactions. Ultimately, the bill serves to refine the legal framework for digital assets by clarifying its relationship with current securities regulations.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024 Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2024 · House Apr 2, 2024

How they voted

351
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 21, 2024
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican25
23 Yea 1 Nay 1
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
12
Committee
13
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
lower
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: Coussan, Mizell, and Morris.
upper
May 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
upper
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (17-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Mark Wright
Mark Wright
RRepublican
LA
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