---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides for time limitations for prosecution of third degree rape"
description: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides for time limitations for prosecution of third degree rape"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "Louisiana HB 356 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delisha Boyd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68f5947-0d73-4e24-813e-7998022cb6e9"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246039"
source_hash: "73384e314a25c0434661cf13c714fe5d6e4b29a10bee80d4a05b5491c9ff4bc2"
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 356 (2024) — CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides for time limitations for prosecution of third degree rape

## Version chain

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

1. **HB356 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349929)
2. **HB356 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382296)
3. **HB356 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357984)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2627, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369598)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3818, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375994)
6. **HB356 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380227)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1232) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1577) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#193) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Delisha Boyd — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 557. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-21** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-02** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/02/2024.
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Reported favorably (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b68f5947-0d73-4e24-813e-7998022cb6e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).