---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for training requirements for part-time and reserve peace officers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for training requirements for part-time and reserve peace officers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Louisiana SB 227 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valarie Hodges"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cdca376-db1f-40e6-9f88-843e02e28633"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246387"
source_hash: "0bb0a3f02ffa549cd4908937452154fbb26415dc8a86553386713c1e46e6284e"
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 227 (2024) — LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for training requirements for part-time and reserve peace officers. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB227 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352017)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #4892, Wiley, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376358)
3. **SB227 Act 322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380794)
4. **SB227 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363971)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1790, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363790)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1811, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363890)
7. **SB227 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377235)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1145) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#1029) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#300) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valarie Hodges — primary (person)
- Jay Galle — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 5/28/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 322. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-07** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-16** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-09** 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 B. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cdca376-db1f-40e6-9f88-843e02e28633`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).