---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to interruption of prescription and venue"
description: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to interruption of prescription and venue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 803"
citation: "Louisiana HB 803 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas Muscarello"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62c5269a-9432-4b97-b650-5ad08d82cac4"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246948"
source_hash: "5c13a541ca60a373a50790e233a8c064b3d4129ca4a1d2725e45cd5167956be2"
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 803 (2024) — CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to interruption of prescription and venue

## Version chain

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

1. **HB803 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359565)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5373, House Proposed, Senate Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381188)
3. **Conference Committee Report, #5397, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381579)
4. **HB803 Act 789** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1383086)
5. **HB803 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365246)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3110, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372113)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3133, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372204)
8. **HB803 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381776)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1490) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1552) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1048) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#612) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1771) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nicholas Muscarello — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-25** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-06-25** Becomes Act No. 789 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/4/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-06-03** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Notice Senate recommitted to the Conference Committee.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Notice Senate discharged the Conference Committee.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-06-03** Rules suspended.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee report received.
- **2024-06-03** The Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
- **2024-06-03** Senate Conference Committee members discharged.
- **2024-06-03** The House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
- **2024-06-03** Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
- **2024-06-03** Discharged from Conference Committee.
- **2024-06-03** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2024.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-31** Senate conference committee members appointed: Miller, Luneau, and Seabaugh.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-29** House conferees appointed: Muscarello, McFarland, and Melerine.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-07** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2024.
- **2024-04-16** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** Reported favorably (11-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/62c5269a-9432-4b97-b650-5ad08d82cac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).