---
type: "Bill"
title: "SHERIFFS: Provides relative to the amount DPS&C pays for the housing of state inmates in a parish jail or institution (EN +$6,486,618 GF EX See Note)"
description: "SHERIFFS: Provides relative to the amount DPS&C pays for the housing of state inmates in a parish jail or institution (EN +$6,486,618 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 551"
citation: "Louisiana HB 551 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Jackson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcdbbd40-13b3-4320-b1fb-660abaee6bc2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236401"
source_hash: "ecb7b9110b57962e28bfdc8132f20af64f46314472ef7f65b0790a155e5aa01b"
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 551 (2019) — SHERIFFS: Provides relative to the amount DPS&C pays for the housing of state inmates in a parish jail or institution (EN +$6,486,618 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB551 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122240)
2. **HB551 Act 245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144110)
3. **HB551 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127065)
4. **HB551 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134381)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1767, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128644)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2543, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133290)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2693, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134248)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3045, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140328)
9. **HB551 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142121)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#504) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#909) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#853) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katrina Jackson — primary (person)
- Barbara Norton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Frankie Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Dwight — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart Moss — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 245. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-31** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/19.
- **2019-05-16** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-15** Reported with amendments (16-0).
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably (12-0-1).
- **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/dcdbbd40-13b3-4320-b1fb-660abaee6bc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).