--- type: "Bill" title: "CIVIL/LAW: Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)" description: "CIVIL/LAW: Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "HB 608" citation: "Louisiana HB 608 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Roger Wilder III"] version_count: 10 action_count: 19 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2024-03-01" last_action: "2024-06-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c26b95ef-03f0-4ee8-98e4-c251c589faff" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246414" source_hash: "e285115e2a84bf0b168dda53ea493908468197e54443c7af7cc5728a33d23104" 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 608 (2024) — CIVIL/LAW: Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB608 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352172) 2. **HB608 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381914) 3. **HB608 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363440) 4. **HB608 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364962) 5. **House Committee Amendment, #2395, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362444) 6. **House Committee Amendment, #2583, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363358) 7. **House Floor Amendment, #2854, Wilder, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364776) 8. **House Floor Amendment, #2867, Landry, Mandie, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364864) 9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1808, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363871) 10. **HB608 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375920) ## Votes - FINAL PASSAGE (#951) — **29–10** (pass) · upper - FINAL PASSAGE (#457) — **80–17** (pass) · lower - MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#456) — **30–57** (fail) · lower - CO-AUTHORS (#952) — **18–0** (fail) · upper ## Sponsors - Roger Wilder III — primary (person) - Adam Bass — cosponsor (person) - Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person) - Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person) - Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person) - Beth Billings — cosponsor (person) - Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person) - Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person) - Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person) - Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person) - Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person) - Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person) - C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person) - Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person) - Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person) - Charles Owen — cosponsor (person) - Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person) - Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person) - Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person) - Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person) - Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person) - Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person) - Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person) - Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person) - Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person) - Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person) - Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person) - Glen Womack — cosponsor (person) - Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person) - Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person) - Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person) - Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person) - Jay Galle — cosponsor (person) - Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person) - Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person) - Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person) - John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person) - John Wyble — cosponsor (person) - Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person) - Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person) - Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person) - Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person) - Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person) - Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person) - Kim Carver — cosponsor (person) - Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person) - Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person) - Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person) - Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person) - Les Farnum — cosponsor (person) - Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person) - Michael Echols — cosponsor (person) - Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person) - Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Mike Reese — cosponsor (person) - Neil Riser — cosponsor (person) - Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person) - Peter Egan — cosponsor (person) - Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person) - Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person) - R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person) - Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person) - Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person) - Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person) - Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person) - Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person) - Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person) - Shane Mack — cosponsor (person) - Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person) - Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person) - Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person) - Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person) - Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person) - Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person) - Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person) - Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-06-03** Effective date: 08/01/2024. - **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 436. `became-law, executive-signature` - **2024-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt` - **2024-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate. - **2024-05-20** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled` - **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt` - **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2024-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3` - **2024-05-08** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. - **2024-05-07** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1` - **2024-04-11** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/11/2024. - **2024-04-09** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2024-04-08** Reported with amendments (10-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c26b95ef-03f0-4ee8-98e4-c251c589faff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).