republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-608.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/LAW: Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "CIVIL/LAW: Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 608"
citation: "Louisiana HB 608 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Wilder III"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c26b95ef-03f0-4ee8-98e4-c251c589faff"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246414"
source_hash: "e285115e2a84bf0b168dda53ea493908468197e54443c7af7cc5728a33d23104"
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 608 (2024) — CIVIL/LAW: Creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB608 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352172)
2. **HB608 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381914)
3. **HB608 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363440)
4. **HB608 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364962)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2395, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362444)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2583, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363358)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2854, Wilder, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364776)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2867, Landry, Mandie, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364864)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1808, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363871)
10. **HB608 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375920)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#951) — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#457) — **80–17** (pass) · lower
- MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#456) — **30–57** (fail) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#952) — **18–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger Wilder III — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Galle — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 436. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-20** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/11/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** Reported with amendments (10-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c26b95ef-03f0-4ee8-98e4-c251c589faff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).