---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides relative to the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor"
description: "LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides relative to the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 492"
citation: "Louisiana HB 492 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Hughes"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d0123d5-4eb9-4f12-b5a9-25138d56bff9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240446"
source_hash: "56294e9d2e3e488cc8a1baf3f1c8543fe21c3aa4bd1cf5f145108cb5abefbd8c"
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 492 (2021) — LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides relative to the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor

## Version chain

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

1. **HB492 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211585)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3987, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233175)
3. **HB492 Act 322** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235638)
4. **HB492 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220046)
5. **HB492 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223486)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2036, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219689)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2129, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220006)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2312, Hughes, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221071)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2593, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228038)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3498, Henry, Cameron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232081)
11. **HB492 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234648)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1103) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#852) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#349) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#853) — **10–0** (fail) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1232) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1122) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- to Consider (#1231) — **59–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Hughes — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date: 06/14/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 322. `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 32 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 102, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-10** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-09** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-09** Senate conference committee members appointed: Henry, Luneau, and Peacock.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-08** House conferees appointed: Hughes, Gregory Miller, and Pressly.
- **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.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-26** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-25** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-11** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2021.
- **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.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d0123d5-4eb9-4f12-b5a9-25138d56bff9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).