---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Requires a written report when any law enforcement officer uses force on a member of the public. (8/1/25)"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Requires a written report when any law enforcement officer uses force on a member of the public. (8/1/25)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "Louisiana SB 128 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Carter"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/409aacf0-6eeb-47f0-83fc-0faceb244a21"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248478"
source_hash: "9549cfee69cb22458eb0706cd677df9e8a4f667a27d01af59176d92cc4e34232"
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 128 (2025) — LAW ENFORCEMENT: Requires a written report when any law enforcement officer uses force on a member of the public. (8/1/25)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB128 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403786)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3218, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424637)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3409, JUD, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417605)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #3918, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420550)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3974, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420920)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #4268, Fontenot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423189)
7. **SB128 Act 426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426023)
8. **SB128 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412197)
9. **SB128 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414416)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1360, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412151)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1365, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412156)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1598, Carter, Gary, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413787)
13. **SB128 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425225)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1274) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 4268 BY FONTENOT, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1035) — **63–24** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#232) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT (#891) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1036) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#990) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary Carter — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date 8/1/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 426. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/13/2025. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/13/2025. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-12** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2025-06-12** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-12** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2025-06-11** Senate conference committee members appointed: Carter, Harris, and Reese.
- **2025-06-11** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2025-06-11** House conferees appointed: Bacala, Robby Carter, and Villio.
- **2025-06-10** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2025-06-10** Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-09** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-06-03** Reported with amendments (11-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- **2025-05-22** Reported with amendments (14-0) with recommendation to recommit to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-05-07** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/409aacf0-6eeb-47f0-83fc-0faceb244a21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).