republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-961.md

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Bill	CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of a mental health transition pilot program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)	CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of a mental health transition pilot program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 961	Louisiana HB 961 (2024)	bill		enacted	Nicholas Muscarello	6	18	3	2024-04-04	2024-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/44a9b618-de97-4510-a323-f758d0d91027	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247213	84968a6196830c70e269b0d5969699192dd8eacfeac32af170cf4c6350e2c1e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 961 (2024) — CORRECTIONS/PRISONERS: Provides relative to the creation of a mental health transition pilot program (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX)

Version chain

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

1. HB961 Original (filed) — source
2. HB961 Act 665 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB961 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Amendment, #3092, JUDB, Draft (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Committee Amendment, #3506, JUDB, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. HB961 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1533) — 87–3 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#407) — 99–2 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1009) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nicholas Muscarello — primary (person)
• Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
• John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
• Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
• Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
• Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
• Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
• Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-18 Effective date: 08/01/2024.
• 2024-06-18 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 665. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-06-03 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-29 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2024-05-29 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2024-05-29 Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 3, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2024-05-22 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
• 2024-05-21 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-20 Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 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
• 2024-04-16 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-15 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2024-04-10 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-04-09 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/2024.
• 2024-04-08 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-04-04 Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 338 reported by the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice (10-0).

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44a9b618-de97-4510-a323-f758d0d91027. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).