---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to victim notification (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
description: "CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to victim notification (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 734"
citation: "Louisiana HB 734 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Villio"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-13"
last_action: "2024-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b147887-3887-4ada-a256-3849059dd3cc"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246730"
source_hash: "9b009c80422534816b45e8c1f565d14d9ef232114d221292970f56599ec0f2fd"
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 734 (2024) — CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to victim notification (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB734 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354246)
2. **HB734 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379478)
3. **HB734 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362644)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1377, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355453)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2343, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362295)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2382, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362496)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2315, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368041)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2329, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368077)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2473, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368805)
10. **HB734 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373386)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#402) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#911) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#573) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Debbie Villio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 157. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-14** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-13** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/08/2024.
- **2024-05-07** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 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 C. `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`
- **2024-04-10** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/2024.
- **2024-04-08** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Reported with amendments (12-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** 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/3b147887-3887-4ada-a256-3849059dd3cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).