---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Provides relative to the post-conviction veterans mentor program. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Provides relative to the post-conviction veterans mentor program. (8/1/20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "Louisiana SB 407 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Franklin J. Foil"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15354912-bd54-40ec-b7a2-d2175b0aa56d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238506"
source_hash: "7360ffef8b8dbdad65b7a0ef812e8523933269c85ac0dbd40e1d624a9e6d1f66"
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 407 (2020) — CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Provides relative to the post-conviction veterans mentor program. (8/1/20) (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. **SB407 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1164333)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2161, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173536)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #2308, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174216)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #2626, Marino, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1175984)
5. **SB407 Act 228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182006)
6. **SB407 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171539)
7. **SB407 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172657)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1282, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171461)
9. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1359, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171692)
10. **SB407 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178038)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#208) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#618) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#508) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Franklin J. Foil — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 228. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2020. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-29** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and nays.
- **2020-05-28** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2020-05-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-18** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2020-05-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-13** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-12** Reported with amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15354912-bd54-40ec-b7a2-d2175b0aa56d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).