---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS: Authorizes the utilization of court reporters licensed in another state in certain circumstances. (8/1/23)"
description: "COURTS: Authorizes the utilization of court reporters licensed in another state in certain circumstances. (8/1/23)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 142"
citation: "Louisiana SB 142 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Carter"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e955acd-531c-4e23-93f0-f7d20a076ed8"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244434"
source_hash: "a225e198319bdc5cf31b5f6f039eb2c00d53bd9289508a43ca9508336a756bf9"
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 142 (2023) — COURTS: Authorizes the utilization of court reporters licensed in another state in certain circumstances. (8/1/23)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB142 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309218)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2992, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331557)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3545, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325726)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3547, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325755)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3584, JUD, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326051)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3896, Orgeron, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328501)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #4052, Jordan, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329751)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #4102, Orgeron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330033)
9. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2256, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326265)
10. **SB142 Act 326** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332544)
11. **SB142 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315445)
12. **SB142 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316732)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1025, Carter, Gary, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316699)
14. **SB142 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331893)

## Votes

- REJECT (#904) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#997) — **56–45** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1016) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#144) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1215) — **83–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 326. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 83, nays 11. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-08** Rules suspended.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee report received.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-06-07** Senate conference committee members appointed: Carter, Peacock, and Harris.
- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Jordan, Gaines, and Hughes.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2023-06-06** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 56, nays 45. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-06-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-05-31** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-25** Reported with amendments (6-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-04-27** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-04-25** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e955acd-531c-4e23-93f0-f7d20a076ed8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).