---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to certain pretrial procedures"
description: "CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to certain pretrial procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 46"
citation: "Louisiana HB 46 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Ted James"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c60d472d-823d-4ca1-8083-4f2bcaed6203"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239831"
source_hash: "bff4145617449ac0bdd028a9d3a9f9798caba7a1859168c0e0c5f2e86df344d5"
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 46 (2021) — CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to certain pretrial procedures

## Version chain

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

1. **HB46 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1201629)
2. **HB46 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235434)
3. **HB46 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216566)
4. **HB46 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220716)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1327, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214992)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1555, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216523)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1766, James, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217839)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2231, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220553)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #944, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216765)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2105, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224919)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2106, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224920)
12. **HB46 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233668)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#187) — **101–1** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#879) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1150) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#547) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Ted James — primary (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date: 01/01/2022.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 252. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-08** Notice the Senate discharged the Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-08** Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
- **2021-06-08** Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-07** Discharged from Conference Committee.
- **2021-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-02** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-02** Senate conference committee members appointed: Foil, Reese, and Ward.
- **2021-06-02** House conferees appointed: James, Bacala, and Villio.
- **2021-06-01** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-01** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 3, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-05-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/01/2021.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-18** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-04** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/2021.
- **2021-04-27** Notice given.
- **2021-04-27** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2021.
- **2021-04-26** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-22** Reported with amendments (5-4).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/5/2021.
- **2021-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c60d472d-823d-4ca1-8083-4f2bcaed6203`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).