republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-286.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to expungements for certain amounts of possession of marijuana (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to expungements for certain amounts of possession of marijuana (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 286"
citation: "Louisiana HB 286 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delisha Boyd"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dbfdfdf-71d1-4912-85d3-935567552fb0"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244166"
source_hash: "86d4e13faae2e7504f0cb77d1ffa60f85f53605f7830fdaa2e6443f6dfa85987"
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 286 (2023) — CRIMINAL/RECORDS: Provides relative to expungements for certain amounts of possession of marijuana (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB286 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1306914)
2. **HB286 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332498)
3. **HB286 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323314)
4. **HB286 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325216)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #3095, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322984)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #3100, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323202)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3294, Boyd, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1324257)
8. **HB286 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330367)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#601) — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#858) — **32–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Delisha Boyd — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-12** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 342. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-04** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2023-05-31** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
- **2023-05-30** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 30. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2023.
- **2023-05-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Reported with amendments (7-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dbfdfdf-71d1-4912-85d3-935567552fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).