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+type: "Bill"
+title: "EVIDENCE: Provides relative to the burden of proof when the justification of self-defense is raised"
+description: "EVIDENCE: Provides relative to the burden of proof when the justification of self-defense is raised"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 819"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 819 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lauren Ventrella"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-04-02"
+last_action: "2024-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b02fcddd-9c11-417d-8368-2c5933774b35"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246968"
+source_hash: "b2a02b7c0948340b80ef03a9003cf639eb30bf9512638ed8204997fe1a05d9b8"
+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 819 (2024) — EVIDENCE: Provides relative to the burden of proof when the justification of self-defense is raised
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB819 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360181)
+2. **HB819 Act 729** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382755)
+3. **HB819 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365933)
+4. **HB819 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368577)
+5. **House Committee Amendment, #3080, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365819)
+6. **House Committee Amendment, #3090, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365897)
+7. **House Floor Amendment, #3410, Ventrella, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367458)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3505, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374145)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3507, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374149)
+10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4014, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377257)
+11. **HB819 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380127)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1553) — **74–14** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#664) — **67–29** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1076) — **26–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lauren Ventrella — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
+- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 729. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 14, Senate amendments concurred in.
+- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
+- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2024-05-21** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2024-05-21** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
+- **2024-05-20** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
+- **2024-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-15** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2024-05-14** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-04-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2024.
+- **2024-04-17** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-16** Reported with amendments (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b02fcddd-9c11-417d-8368-2c5933774b35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+