---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Increases the amount paid for a person who has been wrongfully convicted (REC INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Increases the amount paid for a person who has been wrongfully convicted (REC INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 92"
citation: "Louisiana HB 92 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Marino"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbf6e765-2b82-461f-a752-576e46a98d3b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239888"
source_hash: "d697737739067046ca8af27d3a10d4067340d051370cbb7a58739696a7a9bab0"
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 92 (2021) — CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Increases the amount paid for a person who has been wrongfully convicted (REC INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB92 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1203040)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3999, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233288)
3. **HB92 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235445)
4. **HB92 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217897)
5. **HB92 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223352)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2528, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222447)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2541, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222481)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2629, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223029)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #2681, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223321)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2954, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229886)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3011, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230223)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3222, Henry, Cameron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231060)
13. **HB92 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234376)

## Votes

- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1190) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1068) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1091) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#491) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#861) — **34–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph Marino — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 257. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-10** 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 1 nays.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-09** Conference committee report received.
- **2021-06-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2021.
- **2021-06-08** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2021-06-08** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-08** Senate conference committee members appointed: Ward, Foil, and Henry.
- **2021-06-08** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-08** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-08** House conferees appointed: Marino, James, and Charles Owen.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 3, 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 34 yeas and 3 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-01** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-26** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2021-05-25** Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-11** Reported with amendments (16-0).
- **2021-04-28** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably (11-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/12/2021.
- **2021-03-09** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbf6e765-2b82-461f-a752-576e46a98d3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).