---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS: Authorizes judicial district indigent defender funds to be used for the purposes of retaining expert witnesses. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)"
description: "COURTS: Authorizes judicial district indigent defender funds to be used for the purposes of retaining expert witnesses. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "Louisiana SB 219 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Jackson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db38291b-e2c9-4c37-b615-d64c70625862"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242160"
source_hash: "4833adcbc7adfbfd1586fd36f54f0aaa1704c0452fcb57872e11d996542a62cc"
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 SB 219 (2022) — COURTS: Authorizes judicial district indigent defender funds to be used for the purposes of retaining expert witnesses. (8/1/22) (EN INCREASE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB219 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1255382)
2. **SB219 Act 239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286563)
3. **SB219 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1266234)
4. **SB219 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1271273)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1693, Peacock, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1268407)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1789, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1269096)
7. **SB219 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1282770)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#322) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1092) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katrina Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-31** Effective date 8/1/2022.
- **2022-05-31** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 239. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/27/2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-26** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-25** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-24** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/24/2022.
- **2022-05-10** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-05** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-21** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-04-19** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-04-19** Called from the Calendar.
- **2022-04-12** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2022-04-06** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-05** Reported favorably.
- **2022-03-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db38291b-e2c9-4c37-b615-d64c70625862`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).