---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPROPRIATIONS: Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2019-2020"
description: "APPROPRIATIONS: Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2019-2020"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 148"
citation: "Louisiana HB 148 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cameron Henry"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1650a76a-53a0-4487-971b-57c86eee7653"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235826"
source_hash: "0c05e60fc13864ddb700efa2531e1df9b054526f98107af5627d93d986370794"
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 148 (2019) — APPROPRIATIONS: Appropriates funds for the expenses of the judiciary for Fiscal Year 2019-2020

## Version chain

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

1. **HB148 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118028)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3741, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142531)
3. **HB148 Act 60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144511)
4. **HB148 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131250)
5. **HB148 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133034)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2091, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130851)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2142, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130967)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2468, Henry, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132922)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2528, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137794)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2959, LaFleur, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140014)
11. **HB148 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143622)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1038) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#982) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1054) — **96–5** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#641) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#243) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cameron Henry — primary (person)
- Eric LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- J.P. Morrell — cosponsor (person)
- John Alario — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-19** Effective date: 07/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 60. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-06** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 5. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee report received.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-05** Senate conference committee members appointed: LaFleur, Alario, and Allain.
- **2019-06-05** House conferees appointed: Henry, Foil, and Dustin Miller.
- **2019-06-04** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-06-04** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-02** Notice given.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-31** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/02/19.
- **2019-05-31** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-29** Read by title; made Special Order of the Day No. 7 for 05/30.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-27** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-14** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Made Special Order of the day No. 4 for 05/09/19.
- **2019-05-07** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-06** Reported with amendments (20-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1650a76a-53a0-4487-971b-57c86eee7653`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).