---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY/UNCLAIMED: Authorizes payments from unclaimed funds to certain agents for locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed property (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "PROPERTY/UNCLAIMED: Authorizes payments from unclaimed funds to certain agents for locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed property (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 430"
citation: "Louisiana HB 430 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jean-Paul Coussan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/298f761e-cde0-4dda-89a0-69c08c2346c6"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244370"
source_hash: "3ff824ef82ab71da553a6eefd5fe405c06bc2be7dc5de2e1ef63a04654ab4fa2"
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 430 (2023) — PROPERTY/UNCLAIMED: Authorizes payments from unclaimed funds to certain agents for locating, delivering, recovering, or assisting in the recovery of unclaimed property (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB430 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308760)
2. **HB430 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332508)
3. **HB430 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313760)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1424, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313691)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2017, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324282)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2049, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324527)
7. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2127, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325285)
8. **HB430 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330837)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1082) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#74) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#752) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jean-Paul Coussan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date: 06/12/2023.
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 351. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2023.
- **2023-04-20** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Reported with amendments (18-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/298f761e-cde0-4dda-89a0-69c08c2346c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).