---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORRECTIONS: Decreases probation and parole fees for certain offenders (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "CORRECTIONS: Decreases probation and parole fees for certain offenders (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 248"
citation: "Louisiana HB 248 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Ted James"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-29"
last_action: "2021-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0aff39d-e764-4575-9135-6fb06b93a2b6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240093"
source_hash: "5f993cd9061a0e09b0542ebb5f35b8807bf4e15f788a907d58fdb0cb01c05fe5"
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 248 (2021) — CORRECTIONS: Decreases probation and parole fees for certain offenders (EN DECREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB248 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1208042)
2. **HB248 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234511)
3. **HB248 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216380)
4. **HB248 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218558)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1669, James, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217186)
6. **HB248 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229579)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#104) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#601) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Ted James — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10** Effective date: 08/1/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 125. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-19** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-18** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-04-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2021.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-22** Reported favorably (9-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0aff39d-e764-4575-9135-6fb06b93a2b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).