republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-792.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to criminal adjudications (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
description: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to criminal adjudications (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 792"
citation: "Louisiana HB 792 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Bacala"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-27"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22e3a880-0e27-456a-8cb1-86a55a6b987f"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246916"
source_hash: "536c4439244eba3b3873f6c7a3e1487ad0ae52aa0a84cc36d96608e8bea8f958"
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 792 (2024) — CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to criminal adjudications (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB792 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358588)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4034, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370904)
3. **HB792 Act 724** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382749)
4. **HB792 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358830)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2727, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370229)
6. **HB792 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381268)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#934) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#270) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1641) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1401) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#462) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tony Bacala — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 724. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-31** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-31** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-30** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-05-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-05-21** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-21** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-21** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-20** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, McMath, and Morris.
- **2024-05-13** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-09** House conferees appointed: Bacala, Villio, and Wiley.
- **2024-05-08** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-08** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-08** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-07** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-06** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/07/2024.
- **2024-04-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-16** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-04** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/2024.
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 343 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (13-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22e3a880-0e27-456a-8cb1-86a55a6b987f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).