---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/CLAIMS: Provides for civil liability for actions related to fentanyl"
description: "CIVIL/CLAIMS: Provides for civil liability for actions related to fentanyl"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 586"
citation: "Louisiana HB 586 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Stefanski"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0507bc5a-ec58-45f0-9129-c3522b85a832"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244587"
source_hash: "74e1f51f74a96830c24b10bf1cbbb387b9f09dc68f9d8609c5bb831d3e345844"
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 586 (2023) — CIVIL/CLAIMS: Provides for civil liability for actions related to fentanyl

## Version chain

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

1. **HB586 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309929)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4167, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330600)
3. **HB586 Act 412** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332751)
4. **HB586 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317759)
5. **HB586 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321492)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2077, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317509)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2124, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317661)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2492, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319782)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2472, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327237)
10. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2656, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328450)
11. **HB586 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331837)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#324) — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1100) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1005) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#807) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1195) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Stefanski — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-15** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 412. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
- **2023-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Stefanski, Gregory Miller, and Magee.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-06-06** Senate conference committee members appointed: Peacock, Luneau, and Cloud.
- **2023-06-06** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-30** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2023.
- **2023-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Reported with amendments (9-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `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 Civil Law and Procedure. `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/0507bc5a-ec58-45f0-9129-c3522b85a832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).