---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUVENILES: Eliminates the statute of limitations to prosecute the crime of molestation of a juvenile"
description: "JUVENILES: Eliminates the statute of limitations to prosecute the crime of molestation of a juvenile"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 453"
citation: "Louisiana HB 453 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy P. Kerner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f28fc359-d3a2-4baa-b235-c40f29a0bf37"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246156"
source_hash: "877e15646dd492a04feba5d1ec1027bc027520b74f638db9f67bd7b1047a8438"
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 453 (2024) — JUVENILES: Eliminates the statute of limitations to prosecute the crime of molestation of a juvenile

## Version chain

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

1. **HB453 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350826)
2. **HB453 Act 698** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382719)
3. **HB453 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374190)
4. **HB453 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381091)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1124) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1395) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 698. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-31** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Reported favorably (7-0). `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/f28fc359-d3a2-4baa-b235-c40f29a0bf37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).