---
type: "Bill"
title: "CEMETERIES: Regulates the operation of abandoned cemeteries"
description: "CEMETERIES: Regulates the operation of abandoned cemeteries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 808"
citation: "Louisiana HB 808 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Johnson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9693112d-d07c-4f71-83d5-d127f9faa1fe"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246953"
source_hash: "6924262fac9cab66107a242af625106c08b1f7e640277f43ea892c893b900a3b"
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 808 (2024) — CEMETERIES: Regulates the operation of abandoned cemeteries

## Version chain

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

1. **HB808 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359575)
2. **HB808 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381929)
3. **HB808 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365707)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2636, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363723)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3006, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365693)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2586, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369348)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2882, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370962)
8. **HB808 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377113)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#677) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1184) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#613) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Johnson — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 06/03/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 450. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-14** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2024.
- **2024-04-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9693112d-d07c-4f71-83d5-d127f9faa1fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).