republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-476.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

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Bill	CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Criminalizes the use of bait dogs in the training process for dog fighting. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)	CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Criminalizes the use of bait dogs in the training process for dog fighting. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	SB 476	Louisiana SB 476 (2024)	bill		enacted	Robert "Bob" Owen	6	19	3	2024-04-02	2024-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/8cc3f848-f78d-41cf-9f7f-039a7f5d3c7e	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247148	c774a9a87eea018bf679b9d963fb544296013426f5e72046e0b2e6b62c95e73e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 476 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Criminalizes the use of bait dogs in the training process for dog fighting. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Version chain

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

1. SB476 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #3535, ACRJ, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Amendment, #3687, ACRJ, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. SB476 Act 359 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB476 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. SB476 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#312) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1080) — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR (#978) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert "Bob" Owen — 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. 359. 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 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2024-05-15 Received from the House with amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-15 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-05-14 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
• 2024-04-29 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-04-25 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2024-04-24 Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-17 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2024-04-16 Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-04-15 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2024-04-09 Reported favorably. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 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/8cc3f848-f78d-41cf-9f7f-039a7f5d3c7e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).