republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024s3/sb-1.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of courts. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)"
description: "COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of courts. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s3"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Louisiana SB 1 (2024s3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Morris"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-11-04"
last_action: "2024-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf36567b-4f28-4d95-a722-83417b97a046"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247856"
source_hash: "2db8f5930e24977716f109a0b22538cd0db87f1a4b869e4304728c2481639704"
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 SB 1 (2024s3) — COURTS: Constitutional amendment to provide for jurisdiction of courts. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (Item #20) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390106)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #171, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390954)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #183, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391036)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #200, Muscarello, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391176)
5. **SB1 Act 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391455)
6. **SB1 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390287)
7. **SB1 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390860)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #27, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390253)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #32, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390275)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #55, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390595)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #80, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390844)
12. **SB1 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391402)

## Votes

- MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#75) — **42–50** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#13) — **30–6** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#78) — **73–25** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL LAW (#47) — **63–25** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#49) — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Morris — primary (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-25** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-11-25** Becomes Act No. 2 `became-law`
- **2024-11-22** Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 11/25/2024.
- **2024-11-25** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-11-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 11/25/2024. `enrolled`
- **2024-11-22** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 29 yeas and 6 nays.
- **2024-11-22** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 25. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-11-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 11/22/2024.
- **2024-11-20** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-20** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-11-19** Reported with amendments (11-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-18** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- **2024-11-18** Discharged from the Committee on Judiciary.
- **2024-11-18** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-14** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-14** Received in the House from the Senate.
- **2024-11-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-11-14** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-11-13** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-11-07** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-06** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf36567b-4f28-4d95-a722-83417b97a046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).