--- type: "Bill" title: "COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of courts. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)" description: "COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of courts. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2024s3" identifier: "SB 1" citation: "Louisiana SB 1 (2024s3)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jay Morris"] version_count: 12 action_count: 24 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2024-11-04" last_action: "2024-11-25" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf36567b-4f28-4d95-a722-83417b97a046" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247856" source_hash: "2db8f5930e24977716f109a0b22538cd0db87f1a4b869e4304728c2481639704" 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 SB 1 (2024s3) — COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of courts. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB1 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390106) 2. **House Committee Amendment, #171, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390954) 3. **House Committee Amendment, #183, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391036) 4. **House Floor Amendment, #200, Muscarello, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391176) 5. **SB1 Act 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391455) 6. **SB1 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390287) 7. **SB1 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390860) 8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #27, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390253) 9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #32, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390275) 10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #55, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390595) 11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #80, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390844) 12. **SB1 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391402) ## Votes - MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#75) — **42–50** (fail) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#13) — **30–6** (pass) · upper - FINAL PASSAGE (#78) — **73–25** (pass) · lower - CIVIL LAW (#47) — **63–25** (pass) · lower - CONCUR (#49) — **29–6** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jay Morris — primary (person) - Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-25** Effective date: See Act. - **2024-11-25** Becomes Act No. 2 `became-law` - **2024-11-22** Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 11/25/2024. - **2024-11-25** Signed by the Speaker of the House. - **2024-11-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 11/25/2024. `enrolled` - **2024-11-22** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 29 yeas and 6 nays. - **2024-11-22** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt` - **2024-11-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 25. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2024-11-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 11/22/2024. - **2024-11-20** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2024-11-20** Rules suspended. - **2024-11-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. - **2024-11-19** Reported with amendments (11-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-11-18** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. - **2024-11-18** Discharged from the Committee on Judiciary. - **2024-11-18** Rules suspended. - **2024-11-14** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee` - **2024-11-14** Received in the House from the Senate. - **2024-11-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2024-11-14** Called from the Calendar. - **2024-11-13** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. - **2024-11-07** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-11-06** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee` - **2024-11-04** Prefiled. `filing` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf36567b-4f28-4d95-a722-83417b97a046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).