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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)"
+description: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 402"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 402 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Royce Duplessis"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-25"
+last_action: "2024-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3548c5cb-2095-4823-a7c2-c92c46c4dddc"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246863"
+source_hash: "95d894f90468b7da9ae5f1f6721a016e3cf5a25c0f6a1e2a6bf6f3d570e2f5ea"
+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 402 (2024) — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB402 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357535)
+2. **SB402 Act 344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380817)
+3. **SB402 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361380)
+4. **SB402 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376608)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1151) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#250) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Royce Duplessis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
+- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 344. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2024-05-21** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-20** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
+- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
+- **2024-05-07** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-06** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2024-04-09** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2024-04-03** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2024-04-02** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-25** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3548c5cb-2095-4823-a7c2-c92c46c4dddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+