---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to diminution of sentence and parole eligibility for fourth or subsequent nonviolent felony offenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to diminution of sentence and parole eligibility for fourth or subsequent nonviolent felony offenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Louisiana HB 70 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Villio"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83353b08-e3c5-4077-a78f-b619dce1e2cf"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243907"
source_hash: "a240f5f9976205297c593293bbc32e88a19f584485c79882f7aa4cbc3ccf4ed8"
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 70 (2023) — CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to diminution of sentence and parole eligibility for fourth or subsequent nonviolent felony offenses (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB70 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1302163)
2. **HB70 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333451)
3. **HB70 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318012)
4. **HB70 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329889)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#332) — **69–31** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#802) — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Debbie Villio — primary (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-27** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-27** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 463. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 5 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** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-30** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `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, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2023.
- **2023-05-03** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Reported favorably (8-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.
- **2023-03-08** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83353b08-e3c5-4077-a78f-b619dce1e2cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).