---
type: "Bill"
title: "REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires agency referrals of delinquent debt to the office of debt recovery for collection to include certain information (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires agency referrals of delinquent debt to the office of debt recovery for collection to include certain information (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "Louisiana HB 447 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vincent J. Pierre"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b501fa8b-ee46-44f8-a17b-611b6c79b835"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244403"
source_hash: "afdee58adc99a60ebab71eb17f11119eda51956532f8caa87dd53b7d531c6083"
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 (2023) — REVENUE DEPARTMENT: Requires agency referrals of delinquent debt to the office of debt recovery for collection to include certain information (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB447 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309080)
2. **HB447 Act 87** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331606)
3. **HB447 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311532)
4. **HB447 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313035)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1195, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311936)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1397, R&F, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319435)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1425, R&F, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319500)
8. **HB447 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326253)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#672) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#362) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#38) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vincent J. Pierre — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date: 01/01/2024.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 87. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-05-31** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-18** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-18** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2023.
- **2023-04-17** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b501fa8b-ee46-44f8-a17b-611b6c79b835`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).