HR 317 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Creates a subcommittee of the House of Representatives to study artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cryptocurrency

HR 317 is a procedural resolution (not a bill) that directs the Louisiana House Committee on Commerce to study artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. It requires the committee to hold its first meeting by September 1, 2025, and submit a report to the full House by February 1, 2026. The resolution does not create a new subcommittee but instead urges the existing Commerce Committee to conduct this study. It affects the committee’s work schedule and reporting obligations, with no direct impact on the public or businesses. The resolution passed unanimously (90-0) on June 10, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 8, 2025 Last action Jun 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

HR317 Original → HR317 Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 11, 2025

MINOR

The bill was converted from a draft House Resolution to an Enrolled version, formalizing it as an official legislative instrument. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, but the language was refined to change the directive from 'establishing' a subcommittee to 'urging and requesting' the Commerce Committee to study the topic. Additionally, the reporting deadline was extended from February 1, 2026, to February 1, 2027, and the report recipients were updated to include the full House of Representatives.

Scope change

The scope of the study remains focused on artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cryptocurrency, but the mechanism changed from creating a mandatory subcommittee to a request for the existing Commerce Committee to conduct the study.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement to create a new subcommittee was changed to a request for the existing House Committee on Commerce to conduct the study.

The recipients of the final report were updated to include the Louisiana House of Representatives in addition to the Legislative Research Library.

TIMELINE

The deadline for submitting the final report was extended from February 1, 2026, to February 1, 2027.

Floor votes · House Jun 10, 2025

How they voted

87–0

Passed · 15 other

Total votes 102

Jun 10, 2025

D Democratic31

23 Yea 8

74% Yea

R Republican71

64 Yea 7

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Jun 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read by title, amended, roll called, yeas 90, nays 0. The resolution was adopted.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors