SB 8

  • Louisiana Senate Bill
  • 2024 Second Extraordinary Session
  • Introduced in Senate
  • Passed Senate Feb 22, 2024
  • Passed House Feb 29, 2024
  • Signed by Governor Mar 20, 2024

PUBLIC DEFENDER: To create the office of state public defender and transfer authority from the Louisiana Public Defender Board. (gov sig) (Item #7) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

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Mar 20, 2024

Senate

Effective date 3/20/2024.

Senate

Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 22.

Mar 01, 2024

House

Signed by the Speaker of the House.

Feb 29, 2024

Senate

Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays.

Senate

Received from the House with amendments.

House

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 31. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Senate

Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 3/1/2024.

Senate

Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 3/1/2024.

Feb 28, 2024

House

Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

House

Scheduled for floor debate on 02/29/2024.

House

Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.

Feb 27, 2024

House

Reported with amendments (9-4). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

Feb 23, 2024

House

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

Feb 22, 2024

House

Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

Senate

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 12 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Senate

Senate floor amendments read and adopted; read by title and returned to its regular order on third reading and final passage.

Feb 20, 2024

Senate

Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

Feb 19, 2024

Senate

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

Feb 09, 2024

Senate

Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
SB8 Act 22 PDF
SB8 Enrolled PDF
SB8 Reengrossed PDF
SB8 Engrossed PDF
SB8 Original PDF
House Floor Amendment, #237, Bacala, Adopted PDF
House Floor Amendment, #234, Jordan, Rejected PDF
House Floor Amendment, #231, Landry, Mandie, Rejected PDF
House Floor Amendment, #233, Marcelle, Rejected PDF
House Floor Amendment, #232, Larvadain, Rejected PDF
House Floor Amendment, #228, Villio, Adopted PDF
House Floor Amendment, #229, Bryant, Rejected PDF
House Floor Amendment, #227, Bryant, Rejected PDF
House Floor Amendment, #226, Villio, Adopted PDF
House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #314, BUREAU, Adopted PDF
House Committee Amendment, #179, ACRJ, Adopted PDF
House Committee Amendment, #176, ACRJ, Draft PDF
House Committee Amendment, #172, ACRJ, Draft PDF
Senate Floor Bureau Note, #176, Reese, Adopted PDF
Senate Floor Amendment, #152, Reese, Adopted PDF
Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #130, Miller, G., Adopted PDF
Senate Committee Amendment, #100, JUDB, Draft PDF
Senate Committee Amendment, #95, JUDB, Draft PDF
Senate Committee Amendment, #92, JUDB, Adopted PDF
Senate Committee Amendment, #41, JUDB, Draft PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Digest of SB8 Original PDF
Digest of SB8 Engrossed PDF
Digest of SB8 Reengrossed PDF
House Committee Redigest of SB8 PDF
Summary of House Amendments to SB8 PDF
Resume Digest for SB8 PDF

Sources

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