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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases penalties for the crime of creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of certain controlled dangerous substances. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases penalties for the crime of creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of certain controlled dangerous substances. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Louisiana SB 49 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Hewitt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c38d425-528b-4528-99d8-7ebb029b2a97"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244063"
source_hash: "5d8784f64854e5637e3fd2796abeed29017242271dbd452360d23c34faccd359"
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 49 (2023) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Increases penalties for the crime of creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of certain controlled dangerous substances. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB49 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1305283)
2. **SB49 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332131)
3. **SB49 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312854)
4. **SB49 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328129)
## Votes
- CO-AUTHORS (#90) — **160** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#809) — **934** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#89) — **332** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Sharon Hewitt — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-07** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 148. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-31** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 4. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2023.
- **2023-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-04-25** Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c38d425-528b-4528-99d8-7ebb029b2a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).