HR 193 Louisiana House · 2024 Regular Session

HUMAN REMAINS: Establishes a subcommittee of the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to examine matters relative to missing persons and unidentified and unclaimed remains

This bill creates a temporary subcommittee within the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice to investigate how Louisiana handles missing persons and unidentified remains. The group will examine current reporting procedures, time delays in notifying families, and the funding levels for agencies like coroners and the F.A.C.E.S. laboratory. After reviewing data from law enforcement and health officials, the subcommittee must submit its findings and any suggested laws to the full committee by January 31, 2025, at which point the group will be dissolved.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 6, 2024 Last action May 31, 2024
Floor votes · House May 28, 2024

How they voted

98–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 105
May 28, 2024
D Democratic32
29 Yea 3
90% Yea
R Republican73
69 Yea 4
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The resolution was adopted.
lower
May 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (9-0).
lower
May 7, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mandie Landry
Mandie Landry
DDemocratic
LA
91