---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to fees for processing background check requests (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to fees for processing background check requests (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 139"
citation: "Louisiana HB 139 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Dwight"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f0cfee0-18db-4441-a090-88207bce86da"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235817"
source_hash: "3c9a69e637506d3ce66ce290e3a7e41820a6c620bddc333b93d57856d80a71c2"
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 139 (2019) — CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to fees for processing background check requests (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB139 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1117930)
2. **HB139 Act 391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144653)
3. **HB139 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130069)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1843, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129084)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1967, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129916)
6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1505, Pierre, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130658)
7. **HB139 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141372)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#362) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#786) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephen Dwight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Effective date: See Act.
- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 391. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-28** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-14** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (11-0-1).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f0cfee0-18db-4441-a090-88207bce86da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).