---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to the procedure of arrest of persons with minor or dependent children (EN +$56,000 GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to the procedure of arrest of persons with minor or dependent children (EN +$56,000 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 325"
citation: "Louisiana HB 325 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Larvadain III"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-30"
last_action: "2021-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42b8e06b-f02a-4fe6-aacd-237bbe59c2d2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240210"
source_hash: "eac8ee87e68cf37466712d60987c7c2d1be6f093bb46d53773b53f7968756d35"
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 325 (2021) — CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to the procedure of arrest of persons with minor or dependent children (EN +$56,000 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB325 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1209289)
2. **HB325 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234514)
3. **HB325 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216466)
4. **HB325 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219348)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1493, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216299)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1504, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216449)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1600, Larvadain, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216949)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1905, Bacala, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218770)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #942, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216740)
10. **HB325 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229007)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#149) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#503) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ed Larvadain III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 126. `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.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 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.
- **2021-05-04** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-04-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2021.
- **2021-04-28** Notice given.
- **2021-04-28** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2021.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-22** Reported with amendments (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.
- **2021-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42b8e06b-f02a-4fe6-aacd-237bbe59c2d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).