republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-402.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	SB 402	Louisiana SB 402 (2024)	bill		enacted	Royce Duplessis	4	18	2	2024-03-25	2024-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/3548c5cb-2095-4823-a7c2-c92c46c4dddc	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246863	95d894f90468b7da9ae5f1f6721a016e3cf5a25c0f6a1e2a6bf6f3d570e2f5ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 402 (2024) — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Provides that victims be allowed to directly address a defendant when providing a victim impact statement. (8/1/24)

Version chain

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

1. SB402 Original (filed) — source
2. SB402 Act 344 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB402 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. SB402 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#1151) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#250) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Royce Duplessis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-28 Effective date 8/1/2024.
• 2024-05-28 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 344. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-05-23 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2024-05-21 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. enrolled
• 2024-05-20 Received from the House without amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-20 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-05-15 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
• 2024-05-07 Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-05-06 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2024-05-01 Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-10 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2024-04-09 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2024-04-09 Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-04-03 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2024-04-02 Reported favorably. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-25 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/3548c5cb-2095-4823-a7c2-c92c46c4dddc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).