---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUCCESSION/INHERITANCE: Provides for access to funds in a securities account prior to naming of an executor"
description: "SUCCESSION/INHERITANCE: Provides for access to funds in a securities account prior to naming of an executor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Louisiana HB 497 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Pearson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14329dca-5781-42c5-9e73-09c0bbdf31f7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233928"
source_hash: "7b5ecda52514ae29ed80eae02e83c841a3a45ebc3415232fcecfc134f7dd6dbd"
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 497 (2018) — SUCCESSION/INHERITANCE: Provides for access to funds in a securities account prior to naming of an executor

## Version chain

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

1. **HB497 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1072263)
2. **HB497 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097962)
3. **HB497 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1084775)
4. **HB497 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1089794)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3047, Pearson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1087281)
6. **HB497 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1094618)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#564) — **83–2** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#837) — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kevin Pearson — 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. 167. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-05-08** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-05-02** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-05-01** Reported favorably.
- **2018-04-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-24** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Called from the calendar.
- **2018-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/18.
- **2018-04-17** Notice given.
- **2018-04-17** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2018-04-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/18.
- **2018-04-11** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-10** Reported favorably (7-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14329dca-5781-42c5-9e73-09c0bbdf31f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).