---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to definition of terms in the Civil Code"
description: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to definition of terms in the Civil Code"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Louisiana HB 181 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffery \"Jeff\" Wiley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-31"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a5f13bb-9a4c-4927-bb17-170f25035e3c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248102"
source_hash: "9079a8209b12491dc6e9059b8af570a64e2975fbda555cdadacface298841900"
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 HB 181 (2025) — CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to definition of terms in the Civil Code

## Version chain

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

1. **HB181 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1400407)
2. **HB181 Act 488** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427676)
3. **HB181 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408945)
4. **HB181 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419681)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#220) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#466) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-07-01** Becomes Act No. 488 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-05-29** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-05-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended.
- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-06** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-05** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
- **2025-04-29** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a5f13bb-9a4c-4927-bb17-170f25035e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).