---
type: "Bill"
title: "JURY DUTY: Permits jurors to donate their per diem compensation to the Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)"
description: "JURY DUTY: Permits jurors to donate their per diem compensation to the Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 905"
citation: "Louisiana HB 905 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Reich Freiberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f7b8ef2-5656-4d46-91b0-17d44fc49c24"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247103"
source_hash: "0de0e3f03bf0350349601a29735d7684e77f5ceadce8973e056cd12ae350664c"
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 905 (2024) — JURY DUTY: Permits jurors to donate their per diem compensation to the Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB905 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361197)
2. **HB905 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379585)
3. **HB905 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364710)
4. **HB905 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366916)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2823, Freiberg, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364721)
6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1886, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364996)
7. **HB905 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374840)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#595) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#722) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Reich Freiberg — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 242. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-15** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 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** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably. `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`
- **2024-04-17** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/2024.
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** Reported favorably (16-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `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/6f7b8ef2-5656-4d46-91b0-17d44fc49c24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).