---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates a state wide database for individuals convicted of child abuse/neglect. (7/1/24) (EN +$490,135 GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates a state wide database for individuals convicted of child abuse/neglect. (7/1/24) (EN +$490,135 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "Louisiana SB 217 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cameron Henry"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-31"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9fe9c00-c501-44b8-9110-bf2d186dcd65"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244641"
source_hash: "f26f5c3ec2c45377f551400f3e6b0a907a65e48e67ffb5598efd6efb28cc056a"
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 217 (2023) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates a state wide database for individuals convicted of child abuse/neglect. (7/1/24) (EN +$490,135 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB217 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1310046)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3846, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327958)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #4133, Marino, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330283)
4. **SB217 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333335)
5. **SB217 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312831)
6. **SB217 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323471)
7. **SB217 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322088)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1127, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317366)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1697, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321827)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1728, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321982)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #563, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312665)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #583, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312806)
13. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1883, Henry, Cameron, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323219)
14. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1835, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322977)
15. **SB217 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331302)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1014) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#341) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#946) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cameron Henry — primary (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-28** Effective date 7/1/2024.
- **2023-06-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 460. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-07** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-06** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended.
- **2023-06-05** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-06-02** Reported favorably (20-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-01** Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2023-05-31** Reported with amendments (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-17** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re- reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2023-04-18** 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/e9fe9c00-c501-44b8-9110-bf2d186dcd65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).