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Passed Louisiana Firearm Legislation SB178

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Legislation Overview

Title: Allows students to wear bulletproof backpacks. (gov sig)

Subject: STUDENTS

Description: Allows students to wear bulletproof backpacks. (gov sig)

Session: 2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Effective date 5/23/2018.

Last Action Date: May 23, 2018

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

1 sponsors: Michael Walsworth (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 39)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate May 23, 2018 Effective date 5/23/2018.
Senate May 23, 2018 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 523.
Senate May 18, 2018 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
House May 17, 2018 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
Senate May 17, 2018 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
Senate May 16, 2018 Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 25 yeas and 1 nays.
House May 15, 2018 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 6. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
Senate May 15, 2018 Received from the House with amendments.
House May 11, 2018 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/18.
House May 7, 2018 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
House May 3, 2018 Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
House May 2, 2018 Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
House Apr 10, 2018 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
House Apr 9, 2018 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
Senate Apr 9, 2018 Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate Mar 27, 2018 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate Mar 26, 2018 Reported favorably.
Senate Mar 12, 2018 Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Senate Feb 28, 2018 Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered not available state link bill text
Enrolled not available state link bill text
Engrossed not available state link bill text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
House Legislative Bureau Amendment #3674 BUREAU Proposed House Legislative Bureau Amendment #3674 BUREAU Proposed Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Summary of House Amendments to SB178 Summary of House Amendments to SB178 Nov 30, -0001 State Link amendment text No
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
04/9/2018 34 2 0 3 Yes
  • Alario, John (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Appel, Conrad (R) Absent
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Yea
  • Bishop, Wesley (D) Yea
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Yea
  • Carter, Troy (D) Yea
  • Chabert, Norby (R) Yea
  • Claitor, Dan (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Donahue, Jack (R) Yea
  • Dorsey-Colomb, Yvonne (D) Absent
  • Erdey, Dale (R) Yea
  • Fannin, James (R) Yea
  • Gatti, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • LaFleur, Eric (D) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Yea
  • Long, Gerald (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Yea
  • Martiny, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Milkovich, John (D) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morrell, Jean-Paul (D) Nay
  • Morrish, Dan (R) Yea
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Perry, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Nay
  • Price, Edward (D) Yea
  • Riser, Neil (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Smith, John (R) Yea
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Yea
  • Thompson, Francis (D) Yea
  • Walsworth, Michael (R) Yea
  • Ward, Rick (D) Yea
  • White, Mack (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/15/2018 82 6 0 16 Yes
  • Abraham, Mark (R) Yea
  • Abramson, Neil (D) Absent
  • Amedee, Beryl (R) Yea
  • Anders, John (D) Yea
  • Armes, James (D) Yea
  • Bacala, Tony (R) Absent
  • Bagley, Lawrence (R) Yea
  • Bagneris, John (D) Absent
  • Barras, Taylor (R) Yea
  • Berthelot, John (R) Yea
  • Billiot, Robert (D) Yea
  • Bishop, Stuart (R) Yea
  • Bouie, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Brass, Ken (D) Yea
  • Brown, Chad (D) Yea
  • Brown, Terry (I) Yea
  • Carmody, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Carpenter, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Carter, Gary (D) Absent
  • Carter, Robert (D) Absent
  • Carter, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Chaney, Charles (R) Yea
  • Connick, Patrick (R) Absent
  • Coussan, Jean-paul (R) Yea
  • Cox, Kenny (D) Yea
  • Crews, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Cromer, George (R) Yea
  • Davis, Paula (R) Yea
  • DeVillier, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Duplessis, Royce (D) Yea
  • Dwight, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Edmonds, Rick (R) Yea
  • Emerson, Julie (R) Yea
  • Falconer, Reid (R) Yea
  • Foil, Franklin (R) Yea
  • Franklin, A.B. (D) Nay
  • Gaines, Randal (D) Yea
  • Garofalo, Raymond (R) Yea
  • Gisclair, Jerry (D) Yea
  • Glover, Cedric (D) Yea
  • Guinn, John (R) Yea
  • Hall, Jeff (D) Yea
  • Harris, Jimmy (D) Yea
  • Harris, Lance (R) Yea
  • Havard, Kenneth (R) Absent
  • Hazel, Lowell (R) Yea
  • Henry, Cameron (R) Absent
  • Hensgens, Bob (R) Yea
  • Hilferty, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Hill, Dorothy (D) Absent
  • Hodges, Valarie (R) Yea
  • Hoffmann, Frank (R) Yea
  • Hollis, Paul (R) Absent
  • Horton, Dodie (R) Yea
  • Howard, Frank (R) Yea
  • Hunter, Marcus (D) Nay
  • Huval, Mike (R) Yea
  • Ivey, Barry (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Katrina (D) Yea
  • James, Edward (D) Yea
  • Jefferson, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Samuel (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Robert (D) Absent
  • Jones, Sam (D) Yea
  • Jordan, Edmond (D) Yea
  • Landry, Nancy (R) Yea
  • Landry, Terry (D) Nay
  • LeBas, H. Bernard (D) Absent
  • Leger, Walt (D) Absent
  • Leopold, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Lyons, Rodney (D) Absent
  • Mack, Sherman (R) Yea
  • Magee, Tanner (R) Yea
  • Marcelle, Denise (D) Yea
  • Marino, Joseph (R) Nay
  • McFarland, Jack (R) Absent
  • Miguez, Blake (R) Yea
  • Miller, Dustin (D) Yea
  • Miller, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Morris, James (R) Yea
  • Morris, John (R) Yea
  • Muscarello, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Norton, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Pearson, J. Kevin (R) Yea
  • Pierre, Vincent (D) Yea
  • Pope, J. Rogers (R) Yea
  • Pugh, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Pylant, Steve (R) Yea
  • Reynolds, H. Eugene (D) Yea
  • Richard, Jerome (I) Yea
  • Schexnayder, Clay (R) Yea
  • Seabaugh, Alan (R) Yea
  • Shadoin, Robert (R) Yea
  • Simon, Scott (R) Absent
  • Smith, Patricia (D) Nay
  • Stagni, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Stefanski, John (R) Yea
  • Stokes, Julie (R) Yea
  • Talbot, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Thibaut, Major (D) Yea
  • Thomas, Polly (R) Yea
  • White, Malinda (D) Yea
  • Wright, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zeringue, Jerome (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
05/16/2018 25 1 0 13 Yes
  • Alario, John (R) Yea
  • Allain, R (R) Yea
  • Appel, Conrad (R) Yea
  • Barrow, Regina (D) Yea
  • Bishop, Wesley (D) Absent
  • Boudreaux, Gerald (D) Yea
  • Carter, Troy (D) Absent
  • Chabert, Norby (R) Absent
  • Claitor, Dan (R) Yea
  • Cortez, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Donahue, Jack (R) Yea
  • Dorsey-Colomb, Yvonne (D) Absent
  • Erdey, Dale (R) Yea
  • Fannin, James (R) Yea
  • Gatti, Ryan (R) Absent
  • Hewitt, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Johns, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • LaFleur, Eric (D) Absent
  • Lambert, Eddie (R) Absent
  • Long, Gerald (R) Yea
  • Luneau, W. Jay (D) Yea
  • Martiny, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Milkovich, John (D) Yea
  • Mills, Fred (R) Yea
  • Mizell, Beth (R) Yea
  • Morrell, Jean-Paul (D) Nay
  • Morrish, Dan (R) Absent
  • Peacock, Barrow (R) Yea
  • Perry, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Karen (D) Absent
  • Price, Edward (D) Yea
  • Riser, Neil (R) Yea
  • Smith, Gary (D) Yea
  • Smith, John (R) Absent
  • Tarver, Gregory (D) Absent
  • Thompson, Francis (D) Absent
  • Walsworth, Michael (R) Yea
  • Ward, Rick (D) Yea
  • White, Mack (R) Absent
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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