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---
type: "Bill"
title: "EVIDENCE: Provides relative to testimony by experts"
description: "EVIDENCE: Provides relative to testimony by experts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 226"
citation: "Louisiana HB 226 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimmy Harris"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e676046d-eb0c-4790-809d-487fa3f67afc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235954"
source_hash: "840c4e8063e6c61116ffa5c39b691694137a789996f6a5335bf1ed379a952786"
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 226 (2019) — EVIDENCE: Provides relative to testimony by experts
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB226 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1119325)
2. **HB226 Act 115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143558)
3. **HB226 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131975)
4. **HB226 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136287)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2096, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130760)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2304, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131912)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2851, Abramson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136217)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2633, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138250)
9. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2823, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139357)
10. **HB226 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142144)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#436) — **980** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#886) — **1030** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#795) — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jimmy Harris — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-05** Effective date: 06/05/2019.
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 115. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 103, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** 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`
- **2019-05-30** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-28** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/19.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported with amendments (7-6).
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
- **2019-04-29** Discharged from the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled. `filing`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e676046d-eb0c-4790-809d-487fa3f67afc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).