---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of unlawful entry or reentry into the state of Louisiana by an alien. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of unlawful entry or reentry into the state of Louisiana by an alien. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 388"
citation: "Louisiana SB 388 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valarie Hodges"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-18"
last_action: "2024-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44916b75-644f-4297-9b97-b6f8cd6c80e4"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246780"
source_hash: "044953b23b1fad04201547d349d9e22fb8cb20ac8e541c65c0e4add15a333216"
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 388 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of unlawful entry or reentry into the state of Louisiana by an alien. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB388 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355208)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3558, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368150)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3677, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368994)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #4306, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372584)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #4353, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373087)
6. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3332, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373136)
7. **SB388 Act 670** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382646)
8. **SB388 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358412)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1105, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357114)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1196, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358058)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1198, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358055)
12. **SB388 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378981)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#214) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#215) — **14–0** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR (#1205) — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1262) — **74–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Valarie Hodges — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-18** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 670. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 24. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments (9-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2024-04-24** Reported with amendments (7-4). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-08** Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays, 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`
- **2024-03-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44916b75-644f-4297-9b97-b6f8cd6c80e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).