---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Prohibits a person from engaging in picketing at the residence or dwelling of an individual (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)"
description: "CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Prohibits a person from engaging in picketing at the residence or dwelling of an individual (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 737"
citation: "Louisiana HB 737 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kellee Dickerson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-18"
last_action: "2024-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/623e1d20-7de6-40ad-b171-4feb03ffee7e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246738"
source_hash: "07e4fe9d4692f09ac669ed2db7543f96ca69c3fa2e3af90d4b287893f2f4dfab"
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 737 (2024) — CRIME/MISDEMEANOR: Prohibits a person from engaging in picketing at the residence or dwelling of an individual (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB737 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354947)
2. **HB737 Act 661** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382686)
3. **HB737 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361847)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3455, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373964)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3497, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374119)
6. **HB737 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379751)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#362) — **85–18** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1529) — **72–14** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1002) — **26–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kellee Dickerson — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (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. 661. `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 72, nays 14, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-14** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 18. 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, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Reported favorably (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** 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/623e1d20-7de6-40ad-b171-4feb03ffee7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).