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                        IntroducedMar 25, 2024
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                        Passed SenateApr 09, 2024
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                        Passed HouseMay 20, 2024
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                        Signed into LawMay 28, 2024
 
                    
                    
                    CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)
                
                
            
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                         Senate • May 28, 2024: Effective date 8/1/2024.
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                Votes
                        YES: 95
                                                
                                        - Adams
 - Domangue
 - McMahen
 - Amedee
 - Echols
 - McMakin
 - Bacala
 - Edmonston
 - Melerine
 - Bagley
 - Egan
 - Mena
 - Bamburg
 - Farnum
 - Miller
 - Bayham
 - Firment
 - Muscarello
 - Beaullieu
 - Fisher
 - Myers
 - Berault
 - Freeman
 - Newell
 - Billings
 - Freiberg
 - Owen
 - Bourriaque
 - Gadberry
 - Phelps
 - Boyd
 - Galle
 - Riser
 - Boyer
 - Glorioso
 - Romero
 - Brass
 - Green
 - Schamerhorn
 - Braud
 - Hebert
 - Schlegel
 - Brown
 - Henry
 - Selders
 - Bryant
 - Horton
 - St. Blanc
 - Butler
 - Hughes
 - Stagni
 - Carlson
 - Illg
 - Tarver
 - Carpenter
 - Jackson
 - Taylor
 - Carrier
 - Johnson, M.
 - Thomas
 - Carter, R.
 - Johnson, T.
 - Thompson
 - Carter, W.
 - Jordan
 - Turner
 - Carver
 - Kerner
 - Ventrella
 - Chassion
 - Knox
 - Villio
 - Chenevert
 - LaCombe
 - Walters
 - Coates
 - LaFleur
 - Wilder
 - Cox
 - Landry, J.
 - Wiley
 - Crews
 - Landry, M.
 - Willard
 - Davis
 - Lyons
 - Wright
 - Deshotel
 - Mack
 - Young
 - Dewitt
 - Marcelle
 - Zeringue
 - Dickerson
 - McFarland
 
NO: 0
                                            Actions
            - May 28, 2024 | Senate
- Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 344.
 - Effective date 8/1/2024.
 
 - May 23, 2024 | Senate
- Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
 
 - May 22, 2024 | House
- Signed by the Speaker of the House.
 
 - May 21, 2024 | Senate
- Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
 
 - May 20, 2024 | Senate
- Received from the House without amendments.
 
 - May 20, 2024 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
 
 - May 15, 2024 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
 
 - May 07, 2024 | House
- Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
 
 - May 06, 2024 | House
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
 
 - May 01, 2024 | House
- Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
 
 - Apr 10, 2024 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
 
 - Apr 09, 2024 | House
- Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
 
 - Apr 09, 2024 | Senate
- Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
 
 - Apr 03, 2024 | Senate
- Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
 
 - Apr 02, 2024 | Senate
- Reported favorably.
 
 - Mar 26, 2024 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
 
 - Mar 25, 2024 | Senate
- Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
 
 

