---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to witness or victim notification (EN +$3,795,206 GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to witness or victim notification (EN +$3,795,206 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 479"
citation: "Louisiana HB 479 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mandie Landry"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80d56746-5d40-4047-a764-158af80e86b5"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248511"
source_hash: "61fa80b40b1894c85a9446746f46a11c9715d6b7ca91ed2eee3e390142926df6"
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 479 (2025) — CRIMINAL/VICTIMS: Provides relative to witness or victim notification (EN +$3,795,206 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB479 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403991)
2. **HB479 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425987)
3. **HB479 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405928)
4. **HB479 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417161)
5. **HB479 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415979)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #3072, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415697)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #3108, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415856)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #598, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406327)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2685, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420783)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2699, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420862)
11. **HB479 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424794)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1221) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#529) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#931) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 vote (#903) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 57TH DAY (#1187) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mandie Landry — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Annie Spell — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — 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. 370. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-12** 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`
- **2025-06-11** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-11** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-11** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-11** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-11** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
- **2025-06-11** By a vote of 87 yeas, 0 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2025-06-11** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
- **2025-06-10** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2025-06-03** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
- **2025-05-20** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-19** Reported with amendments (16-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80d56746-5d40-4047-a764-158af80e86b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).