republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-158.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUVENILE PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the detention or release of juveniles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
description: "JUVENILE PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the detention or release of juveniles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 158"
citation: "Louisiana HB 158 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Malinda White"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a5b03cf-6025-4390-9b7d-9fbdbc969e3d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235836"
source_hash: "c16022559183ffe3e9d9fd4ea3fdad8bfdf3af1d54fe03538bf34b8101b5c7ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 158 (2019) — JUVENILE PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the detention or release of juveniles (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB158 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118042)
2. **HB158 Act 147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143680)
3. **HB158 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131982)
4. **HB158 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135857)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2028, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130318)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2303, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131902)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2484, White, M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133001)
8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1687, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132349)
9. **HB158 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141373)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#788) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#789) — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#416) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Malinda White — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Erdey — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Claitor — cosponsor (person)
- Danny Martiny — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Long — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- James R. Fannin — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- John Alario — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Carter Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Abramson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Gatti — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Dwight — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 147. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended.
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-28** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/19.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported with amendments (9-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a5b03cf-6025-4390-9b7d-9fbdbc969e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).