ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE: Provides relative to notifications prior to administrative revocation of a license (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
This bill updates Louisiana law to require government agencies to notify license holders by mail or electronic means before taking action to revoke, suspend, annul, or withdraw their licenses. The new provision ensures that agencies must inform licensees of the specific facts or conduct justifying the action and provide them a chance to demonstrate compliance with legal requirements before proceeding. While agencies retain the ability to issue emergency suspensions for immediate public safety concerns, the bill mandates that such actions be followed by prompt legal proceedings. This change primarily affects various regulated industries in Louisiana by standardizing the notification process for license enforcement.
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
May 2024
Introduced Mar 1, 2024
Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · House Apr 16, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican28
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 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 6, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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