---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME: Creates the crime of tax lien property fraud (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
description: "CRIME: Creates the crime of tax lien property fraud (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 851"
citation: "Louisiana HB 851 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tammy Phelps"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad639bc7-eb9a-4f71-b8da-b29c79d0aee6"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247007"
source_hash: "d290613c01d9fc35b38e7ba945da2b67ca5ba993c80517dc888d99a4d30c730d"
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 851 (2024) — CRIME: Creates the crime of tax lien property fraud (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB851 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360698)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5119, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378410)
3. **HB851 Act 738** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382765)
4. **HB851 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365793)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3800, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375829)
6. **HB851 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381308)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#1424) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1379) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1006) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1703) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#669) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tammy Phelps — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 738. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-31** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-30** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-28** House conferees appointed: Phelps, Villio, and Muscarello.
- **2024-05-28** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-28** Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miguez, and Morris.
- **2024-05-23** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-23** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** 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`
- **2024-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-14** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2024.
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Reported favorably (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `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/ad639bc7-eb9a-4f71-b8da-b29c79d0aee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).