---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for liability for damages caused by sexual assault"
description: "LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for liability for damages caused by sexual assault"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 379"
citation: "Louisiana HB 379 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Larvadain III"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bd725b5-abcd-41ce-8ed2-9dae3f18b5be"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240291"
source_hash: "3e0993a67a72aec6ec5ef978f749ad44edfee1f9bcec5a2aa0c0d7af666500e4"
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 379 (2021) — LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides for liability for damages caused by sexual assault

## Version chain

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

1. **HB379 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210496)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4010, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233462)
3. **HB379 Act 411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235809)
4. **HB379 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220004)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2028, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219668)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2125, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219988)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3043, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230339)
8. **HB379 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234657)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1112) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#821) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1243) — **85–9** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1110) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#334) — **81–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ed Larvadain III — primary (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-18** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 411. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 85, nays 9. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-08** House conferees appointed: Larvadain, Gregory Miller, and Pressly.
- **2021-06-08** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-08** Senate conference committee members appointed: Luneau, Peacock, and Cloud.
- **2021-06-08** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-06** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-02** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-10** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 81, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2021.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-03** Reported with amendments (10-0-1).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bd725b5-abcd-41ce-8ed2-9dae3f18b5be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).