republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-277.md

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Bill	MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits smoking in an automobile when a minor is present	MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits smoking in an automobile when a minor is present	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 277	Louisiana HB 277 (2024)	bill		enacted	Timothy P. Kerner	6	19	2	2024-02-28	2024-06-03	openstates	ocd-bill/2ef3fac3-3c5f-428b-ba3d-071604c037be	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245914	8715f0a62142c4609452e6ee4a802be564c14299163ce02a5d922b25f26dcd93	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 277 (2024) — MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits smoking in an automobile when a minor is present

Version chain

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

1. HB277 Original (filed) — source
2. HB277 Act 489 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB277 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB277 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Amendment, #1279, Kerner, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. HB277 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#1147) — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#27) — 95–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Timothy P. Kerner — primary (person)
• Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
• Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-03 Effective date: 08/01/2024.
• 2024-06-03 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 489. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-05-28 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2024-05-24 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-24 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2024-05-23 Received from the Senate without amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-23 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-05-20 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2024-05-16 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2024-05-15 Reported favorably. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-25 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2024-03-19 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-03-18 Scheduled for floor debate on 03/19/2024.
• 2024-03-18 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-03-13 Reported favorably (10-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ef3fac3-3c5f-428b-ba3d-071604c037be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).