---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME: Designates the crime of burglary of an inhabited dwelling as a crime of violence (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME: Designates the crime of burglary of an inhabited dwelling as a crime of violence (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 65"
citation: "Louisiana HB 65 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Villio"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0bcacda-cf49-4343-964e-195a39a1170e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243897"
source_hash: "a2ad1bac3335b96f0aa970ca31c5b986cda4727e4070456736c6bcd3b5a3e79d"
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 65 (2023) — CRIME: Designates the crime of burglary of an inhabited dwelling as a crime of violence (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB65 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1301823)
2. **HB65 Act 419** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333097)
3. **HB65 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314113)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1497, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314039)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1776, Bryant, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315469)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #1835, Willard, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315787)
7. **HB65 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329455)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#708) — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#118) — **73–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debbie Villio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-26** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-26** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 419. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-04** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-04-25** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2023.
- **2023-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Reported with amendments (9-2). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.
- **2023-03-06** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0bcacda-cf49-4343-964e-195a39a1170e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).