---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to the sentencing of habitual offenders"
description: "CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to the sentencing of habitual offenders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 518"
citation: "Louisiana HB 518 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randal L. Gaines"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98bd27d6-b5a6-410b-85dd-adc29e2bc99d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236364"
source_hash: "21191b259cb110c404478b182bf01633a5fb1510be24131518fc0cc4a3615a1a"
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 518 (2019) — CRIMINAL/SENTENCING: Provides relative to the sentencing of habitual offenders

## Version chain

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

1. **HB518 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122139)
2. **HB518 Act 386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144621)
3. **HB518 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134205)
4. **HB518 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136839)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2181, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131145)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2306, ACRJ, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131916)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2558, Gaines, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133355)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2793, Gaines, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134921)
9. **HB518 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143193)

## Votes

- 2/3 vote (#967) — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#988) — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#983) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#957) — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#490) — **59–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randal L. Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 386. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** By a vote of 101 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title. The Senate failed to approve consideration after the 57th calendar day by a vote of 22 yeas and 10 nays.
- **2019-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-06-04** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 59, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-14** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-14** Read by Title. Committee Amendments were rejected. Floor amendments adopted.
- **2019-05-14** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-07** Reported with amendments (11-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98bd27d6-b5a6-410b-85dd-adc29e2bc99d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).