---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)"
description: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "Louisiana SB 402 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Royce Duplessis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-25"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3548c5cb-2095-4823-a7c2-c92c46c4dddc"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246863"
source_hash: "95d894f90468b7da9ae5f1f6721a016e3cf5a25c0f6a1e2a6bf6f3d570e2f5ea"
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 402 (2024) — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB402 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357535)
2. **SB402 Act 344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380817)
3. **SB402 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361380)
4. **SB402 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376608)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1151) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#250) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Royce Duplessis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 344. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-20** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, 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 (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `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.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-02** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** 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/3548c5cb-2095-4823-a7c2-c92c46c4dddc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).