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type: "Bill"
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title: "AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Requires persons being transported offshore by aircraft wear life jackets equipped with personal locator beacons"
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description: "AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Requires persons being transported offshore by aircraft wear life jackets equipped with personal locator beacons"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 398"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 398 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Troy D. Romero"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-03-30"
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last_action: "2023-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84cd9e69-87f3-4d70-978c-7bc026f433ec"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244321"
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source_hash: "4a4c74c341f52dce252f1da28a77fb980dfab36cef6e93d9b004888e284aca1d"
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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 HB 398 (2023) — AIRCRAFT/AVIATION: Requires persons being transported offshore by aircraft wear life jackets equipped with personal locator beacons
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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. **HB398 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1308530)
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2. **HB398 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332137)
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3. **HB398 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311370)
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4. **House Committee Amendment, #1038, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311020)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #1088, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1311253)
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6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1801, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322548)
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7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1931, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323668)
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8. **HB398 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328294)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#32) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#793) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#494) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Troy D. Romero — primary (person)
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- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
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- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
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- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
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- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
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- Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
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- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Clay Schexnayder — 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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- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
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- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
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- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
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- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
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- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
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- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
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- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
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- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
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- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
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- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
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- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
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- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
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- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
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- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
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- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-07** Effective date: 01/01/2024.
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- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 168. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2023-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- **2023-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/2023.
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- **2023-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2023-05-26** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-22** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2023-05-18** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-18** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2023.
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- **2023-04-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-12** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
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- **2023-03-30** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Prefiled. `filing`
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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/84cd9e69-87f3-4d70-978c-7bc026f433ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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