---
type: "Bill"
title: "DNA: Extends the deadline for post-conviction DNA testing. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "DNA: Extends the deadline for post-conviction DNA testing. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Louisiana SB 91 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Royce Duplessis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c35db43-70b7-4ef5-ba3a-e2f33064f8af"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245972"
source_hash: "2f031a97c8da30fa1db3fecc61aed0b52f70c730bce0edb507f42e0965996d2e"
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 91 (2024) — DNA: Extends the deadline for post-conviction DNA testing. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB91 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349237)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4331, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372740)
3. **SB91 Act 290** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380739)
4. **SB91 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353949)
5. **SB91 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377906)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1222) — **76–17** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#1085) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#25) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Royce Duplessis — primary (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (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. 290. `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.
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-21** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 17. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-18** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-12** Reported favorably. `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 C. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c35db43-70b7-4ef5-ba3a-e2f33064f8af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).