---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORRECTIONS: Provides relative to electronic monitoring (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CORRECTIONS: Provides relative to electronic monitoring (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Louisiana HB 556 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paula Davis"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aea03ea-6858-4ba5-b785-1c949cf5ee4d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244544"
source_hash: "d4271c1741a9266a73e3e316cdb03824f2f87dc516f45e410d780b63c510a795"
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 556 (2023) — CORRECTIONS: Provides relative to electronic monitoring (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB556 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309769)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4188, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331021)
3. **HB556 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332533)
4. **HB556 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318378)
5. **HB556 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322312)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2155, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317856)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2212, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318093)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2940, Stefanski, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322092)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2955, Ivey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322231)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2732, Smith, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328894)
11. **HB556 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331852)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#765) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT (#1006) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1112) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#405) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1194) — **101–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paula Davis — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 374. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
- **2023-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-06-07** Senate conference committee members appointed: Smith, Talbot, and Bouie.
- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Davis, Marino, and Stefanski.
- **2023-06-06** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were rejected. Conference committee appointment pending.
- **2023-06-06** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-23** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2023.
- **2023-05-11** Notice given.
- **2023-05-11** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2023.
- **2023-05-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Reported with amendments (9-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aea03ea-6858-4ba5-b785-1c949cf5ee4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).