---
type: "Bill"
title: "PAROLE: Provides relative to the supervision of parolees (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
description: "PAROLE: Provides relative to the supervision of parolees (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 643"
citation: "Louisiana HB 643 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frederick D. Jones"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f0b755c-0db2-41e8-a4d4-342b9c92445e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238387"
source_hash: "482f85f8ddd9b38fe20f8ebe7b71a9eb4da83a2bba99ededaee610515c8dbdde"
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 643 (2020) — PAROLE: Provides relative to the supervision of parolees (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB643 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1163908)
2. **HB643 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181936)
3. **HB643 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174266)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2304, ACRJ, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174248)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2545, Bryant, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175522)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2062, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177534)
7. **HB643 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179055)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#775) — **72–19** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#701) — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#408) — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#702) — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AFTER 82ND DAY (#701) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frederick D. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 203. `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** Read by title, roll called, yeas 72, nays 19, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-06-01** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-06-01** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-01** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 31 yeas and 5 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 94 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 with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. 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 B. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 15. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (7-2).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f0b755c-0db2-41e8-a4d4-342b9c92445e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).