---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUDGES: Creates an additional judgeship for the 23rd Judicial District Court (EN +$462,884 EX See Note)"
description: "JUDGES: Creates an additional judgeship for the 23rd Judicial District Court (EN +$462,884 EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 358"
citation: "Louisiana HB 358 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Bacala"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ae8418f-980f-4edd-a8e3-8e11db4af3bd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246042"
source_hash: "475a0c9ab7cd802898404b2131d9a82102b4d07a85f95028b36ac7d060171e8a"
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 358 (2024) — JUDGES: Creates an additional judgeship for the 23rd Judicial District Court (EN +$462,884 EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB358 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350007)
2. **HB358 Act 496** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382186)
3. **HB358 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364758)
4. **HB358 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369916)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3822, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369625)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #3878, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369890)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3467, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374030)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3483, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374073)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3522, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374271)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4367, Lambert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380074)
11. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #4317, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379333)
12. **HB358 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380969)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#823) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1660) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1332) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tony Bacala — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 496. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-15** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-15** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-05-14** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/01/2024.
- **2024-04-30** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Reported with amendments (20-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-11** Reported favorably (14-1-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ae8418f-980f-4edd-a8e3-8e11db4af3bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).