---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME: Amends the crime of threatening a public official to apply to law enforcement officers and threats made through social media (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME: Amends the crime of threatening a public official to apply to law enforcement officers and threats made through social media (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 577"
citation: "Louisiana HB 577 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Norton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26703e76-c640-4966-9cc0-de2f2e446aed"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236442"
source_hash: "0b6fcc824c57d8e1863f9df6fac2e864b944970bfb34449f38178e0a6219e50b"
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 577 (2019) — CRIME: Amends the crime of threatening a public official to apply to law enforcement officers and threats made through social media (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB577 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122370)
2. **HB577 Act 249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144115)
3. **HB577 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136407)
4. **HB577 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137399)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3076, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136247)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3143, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136655)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2274, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136604)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3106, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141875)
9. **HB577 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143532)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1025) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#571) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1038) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#1008) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#1018) — **82–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Norton — primary (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 249. `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.
- **2019-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-06** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-06** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-06** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-06** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-06** By a vote of 82 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
- **2019-06-06** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-06** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th legislative day.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-06-04** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/19.
- **2019-05-22** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-21** Reported with amendments (15-0-1).
- **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/26703e76-c640-4966-9cc0-de2f2e446aed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).