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                        IntroducedApr 01, 2025
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                        Passed HouseMay 14, 2025
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                        Passed SenateJun 02, 2025
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                        Signed into LawJun 11, 2025
                    
                    
                    NOTARIES: Provides relative to bonds for notaries public (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
                
                
            
        Last Action See all actions
                         House • Jun 11, 2025: Effective date: 02/01/2026.
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Comments on HB 259
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                - Sylvia Taylorprimary
Votes
                        YES: 87
                                                
                                        - Phillip R. DeVillier
- Emerson
- McMahen
- Adams
- Farnum
- Mena
- Bagley
- Firment
- Miller
- Bamburg
- Fisher
- Moore
- Bayham
- Fontenot
- Muscarello
- Berault
- Freeman
- Newell
- Billings
- Freiberg
- Orgeron
- Bourriaque
- Gadberry
- Owen
- Boyd
- Galle
- Phelps
- Boyer
- Glorioso
- Riser
- Brass
- Green
- Romero
- Braud
- Hebert
- Schlegel
- Brown
- Henry
- Spell
- Butler
- Hughes
- St. Blanc
- Carlson
- Illg
- Stagni
- Carpenter
- Jackson
- Tarver
- Carrier
- Johnson, M.
- Taylor
- Carter, R.
- Johnson, T.
- Thomas
- Carter, W.
- Jordan
- Thompson
- Carver
- Kerner
- Turner
- Chassion
- Knox
- Ventrella
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Walters
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Wilder
- Cox
- Landry, J.
- Wiley
- Dewitt
- Landry, M.
- Willard
- Dickerson
- Larvadain
- Wright
- Domangue
- Lyons
- Wyble
- Echols
- Mack
- Young
- Edmonston
- Marcelle
- Zeringue
YES: 95
                                                
                                        - Adams
- Echols
- McFarland
- Bacala
- Egan
- McMahen
- Bagley
- Emerson
- McMakin
- Bamburg
- Farnum
- Melerine
- Bayham
- Fisher
- Mena
- Beaullieu
- Fontenot
- Miller
- Berault
- Freeman
- Moore
- Billings
- Freiberg
- Newell
- Bourriaque
- Gadberry
- Orgeron
- Boyd
- Galle
- Owen
- Boyer
- Glorioso
- Phelps
- Brass
- Hebert
- Riser
- Braud
- Henry
- Romero
- Brown
- Hilferty
- Schamerhorn
- Bryant
- Horton
- Spell
- Butler
- Hughes
- St. Blanc
- Carlson
- Illg
- Stagni
- 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
- Landry, T.
- Wright
- Deshotel
- Larvadain
- Wyble
- Dewitt
- Lyons
- Young
- Dickerson
- Mack
- Zeringue
- Domangue
- Marcelle
NO: 1
                                            Actions
            - Jun 11, 2025 | House- Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 258.
- Effective date: 02/01/2026.
 
- Jun 09, 2025 | House- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
 
- Jun 08, 2025 | Senate- Signed by the President of the Senate.
 
- Jun 08, 2025 | House- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
 
- Jun 04, 2025 | House- Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 1, Senate amendments concurred in.
 
- Jun 03, 2025 | House- Received from the Senate with amendments.
- Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/2025.
 
- Jun 02, 2025 | Senate- The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
 
- Jun 01, 2025 | Senate- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
 
- May 29, 2025 | Senate- Reported with amendments.
 
- May 20, 2025 | Senate- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
 
- May 19, 2025 | Senate- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
 
- May 14, 2025 | House- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
 
- May 13, 2025 | House- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
 
- May 12, 2025 | House- Reported with amendments (9-0).
 
- Apr 14, 2025 | House- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
 
- Apr 01, 2025 | House- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
 
Bill Texts 
        
            - HB259 OriginalPDF
- HB259 EngrossedPDF
- HB259 ReengrossedPDF
- HB259 EnrolledPDF
- HB259 Act 258PDF
- House Committee Amendment, #1500, CL&P, DraftPDF
- House Committee Amendment, #2601, CL&P, AdoptedPDF
- House Floor Amendment, #2878, Taylor, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #2177, JUDA, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #2295, JUDA, AdoptedPDF
Documents
        
            - Digest of HB259 OriginalPDF
- Digest of HB259 EngrossedPDF
- Digest of HB259 ReengrossedPDF
- Senate Green Sheet Digest for HB259PDF
- Summary of Senate Amendments to HB259PDF
- Resume Digest for HB259PDF
- Fiscal Note - HB259 OriginalPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB259 EngrossedPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB259 ReEngrossedPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB259 ReEngrossed With Senate Cmte AmendmentsPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB259 EnrolledPDF

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