---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Reduces good time earned by prisoners sentenced for the death of a peace officer or first responder. (gov sig) (Item #2) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Reduces good time earned by prisoners sentenced for the death of a peace officer or first responder. (gov sig) (Item #2) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s2"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Louisiana SB 10 (2024s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f43052fb-3658-4cfc-b035-85c9dd8a8d93"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245637"
source_hash: "7d9d6ae4b714343c0566a932685ab5288e21d036869dab8a43a0e541263aad2f"
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 10 (2024s2) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Reduces good time earned by prisoners sentenced for the death of a peace officer or first responder. (gov sig) (Item #2) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB10 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1343609)
2. **SB10 Act 21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353463)
3. **SB10 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344429)
4. **SB10 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345369)
5. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #165, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345034)
6. **SB10 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349446)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#78) — **96–8** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#25) — **30–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** Effective date 3/8/2024.
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 21. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-02-29** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 8. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 02/28/2024.
- **2024-02-27** Read by title, rules suspended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-02-26** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title; ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** 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/f43052fb-3658-4cfc-b035-85c9dd8a8d93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).