---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/THEFT: Provides relative to theft prevention programs"
description: "CRIME/THEFT: Provides relative to theft prevention programs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Louisiana HB 131 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Stefanski"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd39759b-16f4-4890-be4f-4203bb45edfa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233323"
source_hash: "472e11c45928b73bac4f6e23cfd1f4bcc26f6d0e2714d4d728ec446c2afb1d52"
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 131 (2018) — CRIME/THEFT: Provides relative to theft prevention programs

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB131 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1066520)
2. **HB131 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1096932)
3. **HB131 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078323)
4. **HB131 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1081568)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1616, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078193)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2125, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1081343)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2766, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1087618)
8. **HB131 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093042)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#195) — **88–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#521) — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#713) — **59–31** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Stefanski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-10** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 61. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 59, nays 31, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/03/18.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-18** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-17** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2018-04-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-02** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/02/18.
- **2018-03-26** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-22** Reported with amendments (8-1-1).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/23/2018.
- **2018-02-23** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd39759b-16f4-4890-be4f-4203bb45edfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).