CIVIL/LAW: Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB 608 proposes the Women's Safety and Protection Act, a legislative measure designed to enhance safety protections for women in Louisiana. The bill includes several amendments that refine legal definitions and procedures, such as clarifying references to correctional facilities and adjusting administrative process terminology. By making these specific textual changes, the legislation aims to update existing civil law frameworks to better address women's safety concerns.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed Jun 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2024 · House Apr 11, 2024
How they voted
27–10
Passed
Total votes 37
May 16, 2024
D
Democratic12
83% Nay
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 10 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 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-0-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 78 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Roger Wilder
RRepublican
Co
Adam Bass
RRepublican
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
Beau Beaullieu
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
Co
Bob Owen
RRepublican
Co
Brett Geymann
RRepublican
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