---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: Requires that individuals requesting public assistance who are not United States citizens be reported to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: Requires that individuals requesting public assistance who are not United States citizens be reported to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 307"
citation: "Louisiana HB 307 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chance Henry"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-02"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5509bc39-4596-4274-8a6b-16302a01d05b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248272"
source_hash: "4cccd5766696df50f11f8f0fa419bf01b183d63060872b4eb25a6e0a3bb3f977"
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 307 (2025) — PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: Requires that individuals requesting public assistance who are not United States citizens be reported to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB307 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402220)
2. **HB307 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425956)
3. **HB307 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410205)
4. **HB307 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417169)
5. **HB307 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416081)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1354, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406479)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2030, JUD, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410259)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #3037, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415572)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #3118, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416024)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #3317, Henry, Chance, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417064)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2643, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420592)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2736, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421142)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3102, Price, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422723)
14. **HB307 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424303)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1117) — **73–12** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#525) — **67–26** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#780) — **27–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chance Henry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 351. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-11** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 12, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.
- **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-08** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-06-03** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
- **2025-05-20** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-19** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2025-04-30** Reported with amendments (10-5-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5509bc39-4596-4274-8a6b-16302a01d05b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).