---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME: Creates the crime of communication interference (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME: Creates the crime of communication interference (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Louisiana HB 7 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Dwight"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9d45677-8698-47ed-88d1-9f067bd60ab1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235619"
source_hash: "4397286eca95272e34a38c7a8fffece5be3ebfe052a3abc98f5c9940d8df549b"
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 7 (2019) — CRIME: Creates the crime of communication interference (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB7 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1111878)
2. **HB7 Act 88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143262)
3. **HB7 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127211)
4. **HB7 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129174)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1222, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125412)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1507, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127110)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #979, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122842)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1623, Dwight, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127871)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2224, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136148)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2232, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136165)
11. **HB7 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140355)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#505) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#95) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#758) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stephen Dwight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 88. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-21** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-02** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-24** Reported with amendments (14-0-1).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/8/2019.
- **2019-02-06** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9d45677-8698-47ed-88d1-9f067bd60ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).