republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-77.md

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Bill	ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides for attorney general investigation for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)	ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides for attorney general investigation for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2023	HB 77	Louisiana HB 77 (2023)	bill		enacted	Laurie Schlegel	10	20	2	2023-03-08	2023-06-08	openstates	ocd-bill/eb1f3277-d8f1-4c4c-a063-d2ff80fc3692	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243916	7658c24fd2cbafd54c929a522f169cf8e5c3b0e0538922c218ab5b62f6e2d976	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 77 (2023) — ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides for attorney general investigation for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB77 Original (filed) — source
2. HB77 Act 216 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB77 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB77 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1028, COM, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1087, COM, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Committee Amendment, #984, COM, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. House Floor Amendment, #1102, Schlegel, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. House Floor Amendment, #1258, Jordan, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. HB77 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#732) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#17) — 102–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laurie Schlegel — primary (person)
• Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
• Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
• John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
• Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
• Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
• Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
• Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
• Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
• Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
• Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
• Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-08 Effective date: 08/01/2023.
• 2023-06-08 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 216. became-law, executive-signature
• 2023-06-07 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2023-06-06 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2023-06-05 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2023-06-05 Received from the Senate without amendments. receipt
• 2023-06-04 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2023-05-18 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2023-05-17 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2023-05-16 Reported favorably. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-19 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2023-04-17 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2023-04-13 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/2023.
• 2023-04-13 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2023-04-12 Reported with amendments (15-1). committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-10 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee
• 2023-03-10 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.
• 2023-03-08 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb1f3277-d8f1-4c4c-a063-d2ff80fc3692. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).