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type: "Bill"
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title: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the modernization of certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure"
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description: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the modernization of certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 140"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 140 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas Muscarello"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-17"
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last_action: "2021-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee58e62e-9213-4f26-8ce3-c6d0bce33ef3"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239945"
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source_hash: "1105af0160d37c3f563e9b674966e1a8696af60501fda918ffa771e571da7f1b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana HB 140 (2021) — CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for the modernization of certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB140 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1204593)
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2. **HB140 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231950)
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3. **HB140 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214049)
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4. **House Committee Amendment, #1195, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1213988)
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5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2149, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225190)
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6. **HB140 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228921)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#494) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#21) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nicholas Muscarello — primary (person)
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- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
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- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-06-04** Effective date: 01/01/2022.
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- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 68. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/28/2021.
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- **2021-05-27** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate without amendments.
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- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2021-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2021-05-19** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably.
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- **2021-04-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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- **2021-04-19** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/19/2021.
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- **2021-04-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2021-04-14** Reported with amendments (12-0-1).
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- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-19** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/19/2021.
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- **2021-03-17** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee58e62e-9213-4f26-8ce3-c6d0bce33ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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