---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure"
description: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Louisiana HB 174 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray Garofalo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7ddadbf-a1b1-4e0a-a42f-8caf6485b754"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233408"
source_hash: "5ab2d03da9da7fce2e68190aef1ae58458486a8909c3dda7e4d96804a88a77bf"
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 174 (2018) — CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure

## Version chain

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

1. **HB174 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1067817)
2. **HB174 Act 195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099051)
3. **HB174 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076840)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1405, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076603)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1447, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076755)
6. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #3260, Ward, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1090386)
7. **HB174 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1094961)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#135) — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#851) — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#689) — **37–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ray Garofalo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 195. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2018-05-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/09/18.
- **2018-05-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-05-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-25** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-24** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/27/18.
- **2018-03-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-20** Reported with amendments (5-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7ddadbf-a1b1-4e0a-a42f-8caf6485b754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).