---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to clemency procedures (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to clemency procedures (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 723"
citation: "Louisiana HB 723 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie Schlegel"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-11"
last_action: "2024-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9301bd30-1a8c-4120-a2c2-2e5e2824967b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246683"
source_hash: "65ba567c9eed9ab27b1aa9f929e8b69b00b431fb4fe58a22b6553027eb28fcbe"
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 723 (2024) — PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to clemency procedures (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB723 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353567)
2. **HB723 Act 660** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382685)
3. **HB723 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361909)
4. **HB723 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364189)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1911, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359737)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2293, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361873)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2508, Schlegel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362973)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1622, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362340)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2358, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368195)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3402, Duplessis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373598)
11. **HB723 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379688)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#360) — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1511) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#848) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laurie Schlegel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-18** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 660. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-23** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 12. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2024.
- **2024-04-04** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Reported with amendments (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9301bd30-1a8c-4120-a2c2-2e5e2824967b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).