VETERANS: Provides relative to National Guard death and disability benefits (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
HB 61 is a procedural bill that amends the text of an existing state law regarding National Guard death and disability benefits. The legislation does not create new benefits or change how benefits are calculated; instead, it simply updates the legal citation within the current statute to include a specific introductory paragraph. Because the bill only corrects a reference and contains no new policy provisions, it has no direct impact on veterans or their families.
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
May 2024
Introduced Feb 6, 2024
Signed May 22, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Apr 4, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 1, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
lower
1 primary · 29 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Delisha Boyd
DDemocratic
Co
Emily Chenevert
RRepublican
Co
J.P. Coussan
RRepublican
Co
Joy Walters
DDemocratic
Co
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
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