---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUVENILES: Provides parole eligibility for certain juvenile offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "JUVENILES: Provides parole eligibility for certain juvenile offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Louisiana HB 173 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Ted James"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-24"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9e594fe-fcea-4779-99f6-9d8f6d06785b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237679"
source_hash: "14854240fb14c39b1f4cac0e4f4069316c3e56ed1f512c9fe374d2b05ce4c526"
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 173 (2020) — JUVENILES: Provides parole eligibility for certain juvenile offenders (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB173 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1158657)
2. **HB173 Act 99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180954)
3. **HB173 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169769)
4. **HB173 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179044)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#149) — **68–22** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#715) — **25–8** (pass) · upper
- PASS TO THIRD READING (#738) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#714) — **28–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Ted James — primary (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date: 08/01/20.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 99. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 25 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-01** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 28 yeas and 4 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-31** By a vote of 95 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-18** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 22. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/20.
- **2020-05-13** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-07** Reported favorably (10-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/24/2020.
- **2020-02-24** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9e594fe-fcea-4779-99f6-9d8f6d06785b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).