--- type: "Bill" title: "CRIME: Provides relative to certain violent crimes committed by juveniles (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)" description: "CRIME: Provides relative to certain violent crimes committed by juveniles (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2022" identifier: "HB 447" citation: "Louisiana HB 447 (2022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jason Hughes"] version_count: 6 action_count: 32 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2022-03-03" last_action: "2022-05-31" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6de03aa2-f725-4417-9f8d-55470916e144" source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242172" source_hash: "e9218998df7d0f0b07e0733fdd5b84854a3ace6ed088a5c2a012ea758c65e6e0" 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 447 (2022) — CRIME: Provides relative to certain violent crimes committed by juveniles (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB447 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1255422) 2. **HB447 Act 220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286792) 3. **HB447 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1260049) 4. **HB447 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1267512) 5. **House Floor Amendment, #2088, Hughes, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1266353) 6. **HB447 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1283070) ## Votes - FINAL PASSAGE (#200) — **92–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#822) — **38–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jason Hughes — primary (person) - Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person) - Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person) - Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person) - Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person) - Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person) - C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person) - Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person) - Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person) - Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person) - Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person) - Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person) - Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person) - Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person) - Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person) - Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person) - John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person) - Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person) - Larry Selders — cosponsor (person) - Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person) - Malinda White — cosponsor (person) - Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person) - Michael Echols — cosponsor (person) - Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person) - Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person) - R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person) - Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person) - Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person) - Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person) - Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person) - Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person) - Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person) - Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person) - Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person) - Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person) - Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person) - Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person) - Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person) - Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person) - Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person) - Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person) - Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-05-31** Effective date: 08/01/2022. - **2022-05-31** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 220. `executive-signature` - **2022-05-26** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt` - **2022-05-25** Signed by the President of the Senate. - **2022-05-25** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. - **2022-05-24** Received from the Senate without amendments. - **2022-05-24** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2022-05-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. - **2022-05-18** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. - **2022-05-17** Reported favorably. - **2022-04-11** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee` - **2022-04-07** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. - **2022-04-06** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2022-04-06** Called from the calendar. - **2022-04-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/06/2022. - **2022-04-05** Notice given. - **2022-04-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2022-04-05** Called from the calendar. - **2022-03-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/05/2022. - **2022-03-28** Notice given. - **2022-03-28** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2022-03-28** Called from the calendar. - **2022-03-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/28/2022. - **2022-03-23** Notice given. - **2022-03-23** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2022-03-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/23/2022. - **2022-03-21** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. - **2022-03-17** Reported favorably (10-1). - **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-04** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/4/2022. - **2022-03-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-03** Prefiled. `filing` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6de03aa2-f725-4417-9f8d-55470916e144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).