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type: "Bill"
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title: "AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Criminalizes the possession or distribution of kratom. (8/1/25)"
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description: "AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Criminalizes the possession or distribution of kratom. (8/1/25)"
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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: "SB 154"
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citation: "Louisiana SB 154 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jay Morris"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-04-04"
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last_action: "2025-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55628716-a91c-476a-bc2a-7a434504adf6"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248571"
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source_hash: "1b506b215bc0aa318a09544bbf593acb06c1d0bd45185b767ba245667f622dc1"
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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 SB 154 (2025) — AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES: Criminalizes the possession or distribution of kratom. (8/1/25)
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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. **SB154 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404179)
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2. **House Floor Amendment, #3476, Amedee, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417982)
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3. **House Floor Amendment, #3496, Egan, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418041)
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4. **SB154 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422223)
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5. **SB154 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409913)
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6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1018, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409643)
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7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1019, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409649)
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8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #816, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407889)
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9. **SB154 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418372)
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## Votes
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- AMENDMENT # 3476 BY AMEDEE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#638) — **13–80** (fail) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#640) — **89–5** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#150) — **26–11** (pass) · upper
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- AMENDMENT # 3496 BY EGAN, MOTION TO ADOPT (#639) — **16–72** (fail) · lower
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- CO-AUTHORS (#151) — **11–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jay Morris — primary (person)
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- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
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- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
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- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
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- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
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- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
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- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
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- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
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- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
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- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
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- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
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- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
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- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
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- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
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- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Rick Edmonds — 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 Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
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- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
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- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
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- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-04** Effective date 8/1/2025.
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- **2025-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 41. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-29** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2025-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-27** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
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- **2025-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 5. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2025.
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- **2025-05-19** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably (10-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-07** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-06** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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- **2025-05-06** Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 11 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2025-04-29** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`
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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/55628716-a91c-476a-bc2a-7a434504adf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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