---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME: Provides relative to the crime of looting (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME: Provides relative to the crime of looting (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 359"
citation: "Louisiana HB 359 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcdaff57-daab-4273-aea3-ec61d9535d6b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236175"
source_hash: "06e6df3fd911e2b32244521df9a685250cf87d516e535ca0125d5cdc01644d08"
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 359 (2019) — CRIME: Provides relative to the crime of looting (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB359 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121361)
2. **HB359 Act 285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144128)
3. **HB359 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129900)
4. **HB359 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137000)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2988, Marino, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135695)
6. **HB359 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143235)

## Votes

- 2 /3 vote (#955) — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#520) — **85–4** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#979) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#989) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Johnson — primary (person)
- Neil Abramson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-13** Effective date: 07/01/19.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 285. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** 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** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-04** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** By a vote of 96 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 26 yeas and 4 nays.
- **2019-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 4. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-16** Notice given.
- **2019-05-16** Notice removed
- **2019-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/16/19.
- **2019-05-14** Notice given.
- **2019-05-14** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably (7-2).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcdaff57-daab-4273-aea3-ec61d9535d6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).