republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-370.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/PENALTIES: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL/PENALTIES: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 370"
citation: "Louisiana HB 370 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mandie Landry"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eab63f84-566e-41c4-aec5-fd3f0b577f80"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244293"
source_hash: "bf421c355d3e0a6d5300104a623322f78af93c1e7f1fc609986bfa7fdb5bd37e"
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 370 (2023) — CRIMINAL/PENALTIES: Provides relative to criminal blighting of property (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB370 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308447)
2. **HB370 Act 85** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331602)
3. **HB370 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314093)
4. **HB370 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316346)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1449, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313635)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1492, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314033)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1567, Landry, Mandie, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314413)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1449, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319657)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1452, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319689)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1523, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320222)
11. **HB370 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326258)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#670) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#128) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#369) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mandie Landry — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 85. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-05-31** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-25** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-18** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-18** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-09** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-26** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/26/2023.
- **2023-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Reported with amendments (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
- **2023-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eab63f84-566e-41c4-aec5-fd3f0b577f80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).