---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to procedures for challenging the constitutionality of a statute or law (Item #21)"
description: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to procedures for challenging the constitutionality of a statute or law (Item #21)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s2"
identifier: "HB 23"
citation: "Louisiana HB 23 (2024s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Melerine"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6da56081-4abf-4ed6-83ed-7ea2711b2f72"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245675"
source_hash: "9df34eb1d16499f190ac40c32de5fd719e4ecf9e918464cae004d61571ee09e2"
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 23 (2024s2) — CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides with respect to procedures for challenging the constitutionality of a statute or law (Item #21)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB23 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344478)
2. **HB23 Act 12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353040)
3. **HB23 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344684)
4. **HB23 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345911)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #81, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344568)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #86, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344665)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #118, Carter, Wilford, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345257)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #119, Melerine, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345260)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #233, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346401)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #261, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1347021)
11. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #342, Reese, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348965)
12. **HB23 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349603)

## Votes

- CIVIL LAW (#20) — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#55) — **72–31** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#83) — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#57) — **30–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Melerine — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** Effective date: 04/29/2024.
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 12. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-02-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 71, nays 27, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-02-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 02/29/2024.
- **2024-02-28** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-02-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 31. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 02/23/2024.
- **2024-02-22** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Reported with amendments (10-3-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6da56081-4abf-4ed6-83ed-7ea2711b2f72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).