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type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for responsibilities of law enforcement officers while interacting with the public. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for responsibilities of law enforcement officers while interacting with the public. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Louisiana SB 34 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleo Fields"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/694342c2-7177-4260-9308-46e026bb44f6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239854"
source_hash: "8b820a7d3dc2b227b782b26ca0c596c27c8f62d20df0044cda88e8054b94f287"
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 SB 34 (2021) — LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides for responsibilities of law enforcement officers while interacting with the public. (8/1/21) (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB34 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1202420)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3525, James, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1228449)
3. **SB34 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235885)
4. **SB34 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217873)
5. **SB34 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218946)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1105, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217666)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1136, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217792)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1307, Smith, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218840)
9. **SB34 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230504)
## Votes
- RECONSIDERED (#189) — **320** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#624) — **360** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#187) — **320** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#745) — **971** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cleo Fields — primary (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-21** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 430. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-02** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2021.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-04** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Reconsidered.
- **2021-04-29** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-29** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-27** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/694342c2-7177-4260-9308-46e026bb44f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).