---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROBATION/PAROLE: Provides for parole proceedings and revocation of parole in certain cases. (8/1/24) (Item #4) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "PROBATION/PAROLE: Provides for parole proceedings and revocation of parole in certain cases. (8/1/24) (Item #4) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s2"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Louisiana SB 5 (2024s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31a4d953-16e3-4f63-ac20-494121cf0b7d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245609"
source_hash: "57c1d598840d3b33600006740e8109109d4262e82ddcb807ddea695672a23a42"
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 5 (2024s2) — PROBATION/PAROLE: Provides for parole proceedings and revocation of parole in certain cases. (8/1/24) (Item #4) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB5 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1342822)
2. **SB5 Act 11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353171)
3. **SB5 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344501)
4. **SB5 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345392)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #47, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1343761)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #82, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344246)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #146, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344990)
8. **SB5 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349486)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#33) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#75) — **72–31** (pass) · lower
- SUSPEND THE RULES (#60) — **73–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** Effective date 4/29/2024.
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 11. `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 72, nays 31. 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. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays; ordered reengrossed 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 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/31a4d953-16e3-4f63-ac20-494121cf0b7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).