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+type: "Bill"
+title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for responsibilities of law enforcement officers while interacting with the public. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
+description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for responsibilities of law enforcement officers while interacting with the public. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 34"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 34 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cleo Fields"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-03-05"
+last_action: "2021-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/694342c2-7177-4260-9308-46e026bb44f6"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239854"
+source_hash: "8b820a7d3dc2b227b782b26ca0c596c27c8f62d20df0044cda88e8054b94f287"
+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 SB 34 (2021) — LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for responsibilities of law enforcement officers while interacting with the public. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB34 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1202420)
+2. **House Floor Amendment, #3525, James, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228449)
+3. **SB34 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235885)
+4. **SB34 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217873)
+5. **SB34 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218946)
+6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1105, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217666)
+7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1136, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217792)
+8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1307, Smith, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218840)
+9. **SB34 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230504)
+
+## Votes
+
+- RECONSIDERED (#189) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- CONCUR (#624) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#187) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#745) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cleo Fields — primary (person)
+- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-21** Effective date 8/1/2021.
+- **2021-06-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 430. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2021-06-02** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2021-06-01** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2021-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
+- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2021.
+- **2021-05-18** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2021-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2021-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-03** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2021-04-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Reconsidered.
+- **2021-04-29** Rules suspended.
+- **2021-04-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2021-04-28** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2021-04-27** Reported with amendments.
+- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-05** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/694342c2-7177-4260-9308-46e026bb44f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+