republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-819.md

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Bill	EVIDENCE: Provides relative to the burden of proof when the justification of self-defense is raised	EVIDENCE: Provides relative to the burden of proof when the justification of self-defense is raised	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 819	Louisiana HB 819 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lauren Ventrella	11	22	3	2024-04-02	2024-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/b02fcddd-9c11-417d-8368-2c5933774b35	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246968	b2a02b7c0948340b80ef03a9003cf639eb30bf9512638ed8204997fe1a05d9b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 819 (2024) — EVIDENCE: Provides relative to the burden of proof when the justification of self-defense is raised

Version chain

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

1. HB819 Original (filed) — source
2. HB819 Act 729 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB819 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB819 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #3080, ACRJ, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #3090, ACRJ, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Floor Amendment, #3410, Ventrella, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #3505, JUDC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #3507, JUDC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Floor Amendment, #4014, Morris, Jay, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. HB819 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1553) — 74–14 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#664) — 67–29 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1076) — 26–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lauren Ventrella — primary (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. 729. 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 74, nays 14, 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 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-05-21 Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
• 2024-05-20 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2024-05-16 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2024-05-15 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2024-05-14 Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-29 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2024-04-23 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-04-18 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/2024.
• 2024-04-17 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-04-16 Reported with amendments (10-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b02fcddd-9c11-417d-8368-2c5933774b35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).