---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to the Louisiana Sheriffs' Certification Program (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to the Louisiana Sheriffs' Certification Program (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "Louisiana HB 218 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0259effb-6ead-45d4-8fa2-532a3eed18b4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233500"
source_hash: "15c663dbbdb3f1437fce3cb355b3c6836adc75c44eb31debb1a075f97995ef8f"
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 218 (2018) — LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to the Louisiana Sheriffs' Certification Program (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB218 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1069059)
2. **HB218 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097925)
3. **HB218 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1075370)
4. **HB218 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1092427)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#690) — **36–1** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#108) — **79–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Katrina Jackson — primary (person)
- Chris Hazel — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-11** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 123. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-02** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-05-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 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.
- **2018-03-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-26** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/22/18.
- **2018-03-19** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-15** Reported favorably (9-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0259effb-6ead-45d4-8fa2-532a3eed18b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).