republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2022/hb-212.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRUGS: Provides relative to the definition of drug paraphernalia"
description: "DRUGS: Provides relative to the definition of drug paraphernalia"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 212"
citation: "Louisiana HB 212 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dustin Miller"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-25"
last_action: "2022-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b45e56-4190-449c-a8b3-d974e8a6c5dc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241792"
source_hash: "b7b65089f9d0d610669d1e9ecad48c3ed478b8773941cafbf2524ad75eb9b206"
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 212 (2022) — DRUGS: Provides relative to the definition of drug paraphernalia

## Version chain

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

1. **HB212 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1251076)
2. **HB212 Act 137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286055)
3. **HB212 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1260018)
4. **HB212 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262004)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1393, Carrier, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1260459)
6. **HB212 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1279930)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#627) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#51) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dustin Miller — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-25** Effective date: 08/01/2022.
- **2022-05-25** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 137. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-20** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-19** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-18** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-17** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2022-05-16** Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-05-12** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-05-11** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-05-10** Reported favorably.
- **2022-03-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2022-03-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/23/2022.
- **2022-03-21** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-03-17** Reported favorably (9-0).
- **2022-03-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/25/2022.
- **2022-02-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1b45e56-4190-449c-a8b3-d974e8a6c5dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).