---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS: Constitutional amendment to increase the non-lawyer membership of and provide for the selection judiciary commission members and to require investigations be conducted by directive of the supreme court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$7,115 GF EX See Note)"
description: "COURTS: Constitutional amendment to increase the non-lawyer membership of and provide for the selection judiciary commission members and to require investigations be conducted by directive of the supreme court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$7,115 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 177"
citation: "Louisiana SB 177 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Morris"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40a3fe65-3f46-4c18-8213-6bb5a38231a1"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246212"
source_hash: "771256c3c3ce4c1eeff2a1fdaf8e80f7ef55e22e97735345baf11d41bb3a8e99"
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 177 (2024) — COURTS: Constitutional amendment to increase the non-lawyer membership of and provide for the selection judiciary commission members and to require investigations be conducted by directive of the supreme court. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EN +$7,115 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB177 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351003)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3191, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366410)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4050, JUD, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371033)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #4409, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373206)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #4866, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376263)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #5031, Zeringue, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377575)
7. **SB177 Act 405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381629)
8. **SB177 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358257)
9. **SB177 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363610)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1183, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357901)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1200, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358086)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1217, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358204)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1743, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363476)
14. **SB177 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380457)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1345) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#211) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1447) — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Morris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-06-03** Becomes Act No. 405 `became-law`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-29** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 3. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Notice given.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-20** Reported with amendments (11-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2024-05-01** Reported with amendments (14-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-26** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** 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/40a3fe65-3f46-4c18-8213-6bb5a38231a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).