republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2018/hb-497.md

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Bill	SUCCESSION/INHERITANCE: Provides for access to funds in a securities account prior to naming of an executor	SUCCESSION/INHERITANCE: Provides for access to funds in a securities account prior to naming of an executor	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2018	HB 497	Louisiana HB 497 (2018)	bill		enacted	Kevin Pearson	6	23	2	2018-03-02	2018-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/14329dca-5781-42c5-9e73-09c0bbdf31f7	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233928	7b5ecda52514ae29ed80eae02e83c841a3a45ebc3415232fcecfc134f7dd6dbd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 497 (2018) — SUCCESSION/INHERITANCE: Provides for access to funds in a securities account prior to naming of an executor

Version chain

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

1. HB497 Original (filed) — source
2. HB497 Act (committee substitute) — source
3. HB497 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB497 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Amendment, #3047, Pearson, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. HB497 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#564) — 83–2 (pass) · legislature
• FINAL PASSAGE (#837) — 29–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Kevin Pearson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-15 Effective date: 08/01/2018.
• 2018-05-15 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 167. executive-signature
• 2018-05-10 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2018-05-10 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2018-05-09 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2018-05-08 Received from the Senate without amendments.
• 2018-05-08 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2018-05-03 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2018-05-02 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2018-05-01 Reported favorably.
• 2018-04-26 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2018-04-24 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2018-04-24 Called from the calendar.
• 2018-04-17 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/18.
• 2018-04-17 Notice given.
• 2018-04-17 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• 2018-04-13 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/18.
• 2018-04-11 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2018-04-10 Reported favorably (7-0).
• 2018-03-12 Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14329dca-5781-42c5-9e73-09c0bbdf31f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).