republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020/hb-344.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORRECTIONS: Prohibits the use of solitary confinement for certain persons"
description: "CORRECTIONS: Prohibits the use of solitary confinement for certain persons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 344"
citation: "Louisiana HB 344 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mandie Landry"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c443222f-e646-46b7-b709-15264f7595a2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237937"
source_hash: "65fff6564024de3dd2fc8001143a3dd49d7ddea6cc1b8a96e87f0a83138a91fe"
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 344 (2020) — CORRECTIONS: Prohibits the use of solitary confinement for certain persons

## Version chain

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

1. **HB344 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1161620)
2. **HB344 Act 140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181449)
3. **HB344 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172326)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1797, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1171597)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1964, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1172290)
6. **HB344 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179085)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#728) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AFTER THE 82ND DAY (#773) — **71–19** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#312) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- 2/3 vote (#727) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mandie Landry — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 140. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-06-01** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-06-01** Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-06-01** Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2020-06-01** Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-06-01** By a vote of 71 yeas, 19 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
- **2020-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-15** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c443222f-e646-46b7-b709-15264f7595a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).