---
type: "Bill"
title: "EVIDENCE: Provides for tracking rape kits from collection through conviction. (8/1/23) (EN +$737,541 GF EX See Note)"
description: "EVIDENCE: Provides for tracking rape kits from collection through conviction. (8/1/23) (EN +$737,541 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 169"
citation: "Louisiana SB 169 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Mizell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4d66d0f-f07f-4c60-b16e-db9d627c5311"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244527"
source_hash: "f64b9b3f94c75763f28a40c113a0bbf79a20e94c4e0b0e9b7b85c8a5b24e65b5"
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 SB 169 (2023) — EVIDENCE: Provides for tracking rape kits from collection through conviction. (8/1/23) (EN +$737,541 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB169 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1309702)
2. **SB169 Act 193** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332177)
3. **SB169 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315542)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #828, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315280)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #861, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315473)
6. **SB169 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328785)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#880) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#223) — **16–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#222) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Mizell — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 193. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-05** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-04** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-04** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2023.
- **2023-05-24** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-22** Reported favorably (17-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-15** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably (9-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-08** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2023-04-25** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4d66d0f-f07f-4c60-b16e-db9d627c5311`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).