republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-388.md

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Bill	CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of unlawful entry or reentry into the state of Louisiana by an alien. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)	CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of unlawful entry or reentry into the state of Louisiana by an alien. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	SB 388	Louisiana SB 388 (2024)	bill		enacted	Valarie Hodges	12	21	4	2024-03-18	2024-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/44916b75-644f-4297-9b97-b6f8cd6c80e4	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246780	044953b23b1fad04201547d349d9e22fb8cb20ac8e541c65c0e4add15a333216	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 388 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of unlawful entry or reentry into the state of Louisiana by an alien. (See Act) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Version chain

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

1. SB388 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #3558, ACRJ, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #3677, ACRJ, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House Committee Amendment, #4306, H&G, Draft (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #4353, H&G, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3332, BUREAU, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. SB388 Act 670 (committee substitute) — source
8. SB388 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #1105, JUDC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Committee Amendment, #1196, JUDC, Draft (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Committee Amendment, #1198, JUDC, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. SB388 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#214) — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• CO-AUTHORS (#215) — 14–0 (fail) · upper
• CONCUR (#1205) — 26–10 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1262) — 74–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Valarie Hodges — primary (person)
• Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
• Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
• Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
• Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
• Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
• Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
• John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
• Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
• Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
• Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-18 Effective date: See Act.
• 2024-06-18 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 670. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-05-31 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-30 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2024-05-29 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. enrolled
• 2024-05-28 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays.
• 2024-05-22 Received from the House with amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-22 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 24. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-05-20 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
• 2024-05-13 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-05-09 Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2024-05-08 Reported with amendments (9-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-25 Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
• 2024-04-24 Reported with amendments (7-4). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-09 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. referral-committee
• 2024-04-08 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2024-04-08 Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-03-27 Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2024-03-26 Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-19 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-18 Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44916b75-644f-4297-9b97-b6f8cd6c80e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).