---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROBATION/PAROLE: Lowers the age for consideration as a juvenile in the criminal justice system. (4/19/24) (2/3 - CA5s19) (Item #11) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "PROBATION/PAROLE: Lowers the age for consideration as a juvenile in the criminal justice system. (4/19/24) (2/3 - CA5s19) (Item #11) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s2"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Louisiana SB 3 (2024s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Cloud"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 20
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f84e34f6-1b2e-44b0-a713-26a9da83cdc2"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245607"
source_hash: "f4f02cd9c16cc071a470ab4b121032d72c5a08a8b1bb5fff5bac908868817193"
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 3 (2024s2) — PROBATION/PAROLE: Lowers the age for consideration as a juvenile in the criminal justice system. (4/19/24) (2/3 - CA5s19) (Item #11) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB3 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1342818)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #197, Knox, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348319)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #198, Knox, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348605)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #218, Marcelle, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348909)
5. **SB3 Act 13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353336)
6. **SB3 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344514)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #103, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344438)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #90, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344317)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #138, Barrow, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344966)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #172, Carter, Gary, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345117)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #183, Jackson-Andrews, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345150)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #189, Jackson-Andrews, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345202)
13. **SB3 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349456)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#22) — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#73) — **74–26** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#21) — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 189 BY JACKSON-ANDREWS, SB 3 BY CLOUD (#19) — **12–27** (fail) · upper
- LOCK OUT - QUORUM CALL (#72) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SUSPEND THE RULES (#58) — **73–28** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 197 BY KNOX, MOTION TO ADOPT (#69) — **46–56** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 172 BY CARTER, SB 3 BY CLOUD (#20) — **13–25** (fail) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 218 BY MARCELLE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#70) — **32–70** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather Cloud — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Allain — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-06** Effective date 4/19/2024.
- **2024-03-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 13. `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 74, nays 26. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was 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.
- **2024-02-27** Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended.
- **2024-02-26** Reported favorably (10-4). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `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. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 9 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance. `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 C. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** 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/f84e34f6-1b2e-44b0-a713-26a9da83cdc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).