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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CRIME: Amends the crime of threatening a public official to apply to law enforcement officers and threats made through social media (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
+description: "CRIME: Amends the crime of threatening a public official to apply to law enforcement officers and threats made through social media (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 577"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 577 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Norton"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-03-29"
+last_action: "2019-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26703e76-c640-4966-9cc0-de2f2e446aed"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236442"
+source_hash: "0b6fcc824c57d8e1863f9df6fac2e864b944970bfb34449f38178e0a6219e50b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana HB 577 (2019) — CRIME: Amends the crime of threatening a public official to apply to law enforcement officers and threats made through social media (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB577 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122370)
+2. **HB577 Act 249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144115)
+3. **HB577 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136407)
+4. **HB577 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137399)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #3076, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136247)
+6. **House Floor Amendment, #3143, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136655)
+7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2274, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136604)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3106, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141875)
+9. **HB577 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143532)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1025) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#571) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1038) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- 2/3 vote (#1008) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#1018) — **82–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Norton — primary (person)
+- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
+- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
+- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
+- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
+- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 249. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2019-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
+- **2019-06-06** Rules suspended.
+- **2019-06-06** Received from the Senate with amendments.
+- **2019-06-06** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2019-06-06** Rules suspended.
+- **2019-06-06** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
+- **2019-06-06** By a vote of 82 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
+- **2019-06-06** Rules suspended.
+- **2019-06-06** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
+- **2019-06-05** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2019-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2019-06-04** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended.
+- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
+- **2019-05-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+- **2019-05-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/19.
+- **2019-05-22** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2019-05-21** Reported with amendments (15-0-1).
+- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26703e76-c640-4966-9cc0-de2f2e446aed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+