---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: Provides relative to the free exercise of religion"
description: "RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: Provides relative to the free exercise of religion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 371"
citation: "Louisiana HB 371 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beryl Amedee"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f788ef7e-55c3-4f2d-9d75-d95ee2333b6a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248358"
source_hash: "2feb33db6503d6d8462221ce0d84ba77e1196f15e6a791815821a2753ebe262b"
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 371 (2025) — RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: Provides relative to the free exercise of religion

## Version chain

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

1. **HB371 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403012)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4281, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423386)
3. **HB371 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425965)
4. **HB371 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411741)
5. **HB371 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415129)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2176, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411017)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2255, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411680)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2267, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411534)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2462, Amedee, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412483)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #2951, Amedee, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415059)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2686, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420944)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2878, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421760)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2907, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421887)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3032, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422471)
15. **HB371 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425325)

## Votes

- ADOPT (#971) — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#415) — **79–9** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1204) — **64–16** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#707) — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1002) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beryl Amedee — primary (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date: 06/20/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 358. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-16** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 30 yeas and 5 nays.
- **2025-06-11** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 64, nays 16. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2025-06-11** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-11** Conference committee report received.
- **2025-06-11** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2025-06-10** Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Hodges, and Mizell.
- **2025-06-10** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2025-06-10** House conferees appointed: Amedee, Muscarello, and Crews.
- **2025-06-09** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 5 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Education.
- **2025-06-02** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
- **2025-05-12** Notice given.
- **2025-05-12** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2025.
- **2025-05-07** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f788ef7e-55c3-4f2d-9d75-d95ee2333b6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).