---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of a mental health transition pilot program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)"
description: "CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of a mental health transition pilot program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 961"
citation: "Louisiana HB 961 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas Muscarello"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-04"
last_action: "2024-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44a9b618-de97-4510-a323-f758d0d91027"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247213"
source_hash: "84968a6196830c70e269b0d5969699192dd8eacfeac32af170cf4c6350e2c1e8"
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 961 (2024) — CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of a mental health transition pilot program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB961 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361985)
2. **HB961 Act 665** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382690)
3. **HB961 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362029)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3092, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372051)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3506, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374151)
6. **HB961 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379694)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1533) — **87–3** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#407) — **99–2** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1009) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nicholas Muscarello — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-18** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 665. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** 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`
- **2024-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-14** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `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`
- **2024-04-10** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/2024.
- **2024-04-08** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 338 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (10-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44a9b618-de97-4510-a323-f758d0d91027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).