republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-303.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SNAP/FOOD STAMPS: Requires the office of juvenile justice to report if a juvenile is placed in custody for the adjustment of SNAP benefits (EN SEE FISC NOTE)"
description: "SNAP/FOOD STAMPS: Requires the office of juvenile justice to report if a juvenile is placed in custody for the adjustment of SNAP benefits (EN SEE FISC NOTE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Louisiana HB 303 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Boyer"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad1ae4d3-362b-45f5-9115-8f96f5654b5e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245941"
source_hash: "5ff47f667566a6c7603a9ada27256c11f76f932acb2f413f2d29b208812396b0"
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 303 (2024) — SNAP/FOOD STAMPS: Requires the office of juvenile justice to report if a juvenile is placed in custody for the adjustment of SNAP benefits (EN SEE FISC NOTE)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB303 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348844)
2. **HB303 Act 606** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382335)
3. **HB303 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361825)
4. **HB303 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366379)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2455, Boyer, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362787)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2859, Boyer, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364874)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3180, Marcelle, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366261)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3019, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371626)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3201, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372592)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3255, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372753)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3259, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372773)
12. **HB303 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380129)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#543) — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1057) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1539) — **76–16** (pass) · lower
- MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#542) — **24–61** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Boyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 606. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 76, nays 16, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/16/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Notice given.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2024.
- **2024-04-04** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Reported favorably (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad1ae4d3-362b-45f5-9115-8f96f5654b5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).