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type: "Bill"
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title: "LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides relative to modified comparative fault"
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description: "LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides relative to modified comparative fault"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 431"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 431 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Emily Chenevert"]
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version_count: 13
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-04-04"
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last_action: "2025-05-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/217f4e80-fbf7-4bd3-8026-b17ce55726f9"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248438"
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source_hash: "2995dd9fe9dcb2857c5a44dfba09817bd55bcef853fdd2db96763455bb7e882c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana HB 431 (2025) — LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides relative to modified comparative fault
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB431 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403621)
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2. **HB431 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419039)
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3. **HB431 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405618)
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4. **HB431 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409230)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #1132, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405151)
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6. **House Committee Amendment, #1205, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405580)
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7. **House Floor Amendment, #1471, Chenevert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407072)
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8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1605, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413885)
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9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1631, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414026)
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10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1660, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414193)
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11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1663, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414216)
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12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2114, Luneau, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417121)
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13. **HB431 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418212)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#623) — **75–22** (pass) · lower
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- AMENDMENT # 2114 BY LUNEAU, HB 431 BY CHENEVERT (#344) — **10–27** (fail) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#42) — **67–26** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#345) — **28–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Emily Chenevert — primary (person)
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- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
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- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
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- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
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- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Chance Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
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- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
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- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
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- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
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- Jay Galle — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
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- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
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- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
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- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
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- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
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- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
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- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
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- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
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- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-28** Effective date: 01/01/2026.
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- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 15. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2025-05-27** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-27** Read by title, roll called, yeas 75, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2025.
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- **2025-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-19** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2025-05-14** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-04-28** Called from the calendar.
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- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
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- **2025-04-24** Notice given.
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- **2025-04-24** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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- **2025-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025.
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- **2025-04-16** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Reported with amendments (11-4-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/217f4e80-fbf7-4bd3-8026-b17ce55726f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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