---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUITS AGAINST STATE: Provides for the participation of a sexual harasser in a settlement or judgment in a sexual harassment claim. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)"
description: "SUITS AGAINST STATE: Provides for the participation of a sexual harasser in a settlement or judgment in a sexual harassment claim. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Louisiana SB 182 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82fc79a3-d82b-4152-9f24-dc7d7688f47c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236314"
source_hash: "91e8509b7180d073aea129e62eed656a4b0891ea0638aa35ecc047b038a34c75"
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 SB 182 (2019) — SUITS AGAINST STATE: Provides for the participation of a sexual harasser in a settlement or judgment in a sexual harassment claim. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE OF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB182 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122020)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3383, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142554)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #3490, Foil, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139817)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3608, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141323)
5. **SB182 Act 413** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144800)
6. **SB182 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129738)
7. **SB182 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137004)
8. **SB182 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135697)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1381, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129591)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1775, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133031)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2334, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136969)
12. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2259, Hewitt, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136503)
13. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2185, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135959)
14. **SB182 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143475)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#452) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1028) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#831) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT (#931) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1006) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Effective date: See Act.
- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 413. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/7/2019. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-06** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/06/19.
- **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-06-05** House conferees appointed: Foil, Gregory Miller, and Mack.
- **2019-06-04** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-04** Senate conference committee members appointed: Peterson, Hewitt, and Luneau.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/02/19.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Reported favorably (8-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-28** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re- reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82fc79a3-d82b-4152-9f24-dc7d7688f47c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).