PRESCRIPTION: Provides relative to prescription of certain debts
HB 72 modifies Louisiana's statute of limitations for certain debts owed to educational or charitable entities. It sets a 30-year limit for lawsuits over debts like student loans, stipends, or benefits due to charitable institutions or funds (excluding federal student loans), and a 10-year limit for non-student-loan debts owed to public universities. All claims must be documented in writing to be enforceable. The bill applies retroactively to existing debts but does not revive claims already resolved before its effective date.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Mar 14, 2025
Signed Jun 8, 2025
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HB72 Original
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HB72 Act
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2 edits
MINOR
This bill converts HB 72 from a pre-filed draft into an enrolled Act, finalizing the legislation that defines 'writing' for prescription periods on certain debts. The change is primarily procedural, moving the bill from the House stage to its final approved form ready for execution.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope regarding debt prescription remains unchanged; the scope change is purely the transition from draft to final enrolled act.
TECHNICAL
Added official enrolled status, including Act No. 133, signatures from the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and the Governor, and updated the sponsor list to include additional representatives.
Removed the original pre-filed status, House Legislative Services digest, and draft-specific headers.
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · House May 12, 2025
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
May 29, 2025
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 21, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 12, 2025
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
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (12-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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