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type: "Bill"
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title: "ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides for attorney general investigation for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
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description: "ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides for attorney general investigation for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 77"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 77 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laurie Schlegel"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-08"
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last_action: "2023-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb1f3277-d8f1-4c4c-a063-d2ff80fc3692"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243916"
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source_hash: "7658c24fd2cbafd54c929a522f169cf8e5c3b0e0538922c218ab5b62f6e2d976"
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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 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)
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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. **HB77 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1302297)
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2. **HB77 Act 216** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332277)
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3. **HB77 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311329)
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4. **HB77 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312532)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #1028, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311068)
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6. **House Committee Amendment, #1087, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311264)
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7. **House Committee Amendment, #984, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1310570)
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8. **House Floor Amendment, #1102, Schlegel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311446)
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9. **House Floor Amendment, #1258, Jordan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312368)
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10. **HB77 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329647)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#732) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#17) — **102–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Laurie Schlegel — primary (person)
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- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
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- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
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- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
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- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
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- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
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- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
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- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
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- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
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- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
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- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
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- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
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- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
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- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
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- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
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- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
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- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
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- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
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- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-08** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
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- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 216. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2023-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
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- **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`
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- **2023-05-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-17** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **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`
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- **2023-04-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/17/2023.
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- **2023-04-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-12** Reported with amendments (15-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-10** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/10/2023.
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- **2023-03-08** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-08** 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/eb1f3277-d8f1-4c4c-a063-d2ff80fc3692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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