---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/BATTERY: Provides relative to domestic abuse (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME/BATTERY: Provides relative to domestic abuse (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "Louisiana HB 212 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Marino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-24"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05c3bc30-5b92-4857-88a8-db6b6a4b8e3d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237718"
source_hash: "d8daebc8bcd6f3a9f1bfb5643897967403888a86681ff83af4b76fa4c573f93b"
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 212 (2020) — CRIME/BATTERY: Provides relative to domestic abuse (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. **HB212 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1158880)
2. **HB212 Act 101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1180956)
3. **HB212 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172311)
4. **HB212 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175382)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2099, Marino, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173290)
6. **HB212 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177609)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#309) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#519) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph Marino — primary (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. 101. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-28** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-18** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-15** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **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/05c3bc30-5b92-4857-88a8-db6b6a4b8e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).