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type: "Bill"
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title: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions"
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description: "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 291"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 291 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jay Galle"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-04-02"
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last_action: "2025-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a81812-b84b-48e2-989e-1e230c90b576"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248256"
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source_hash: "91780b0a35a4b42425d8a14e2b24db339e60864b898bb5fde7d3472bf7f4547c"
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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 291 (2025) — CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to prescriptive periods for wrongful death and survival actions
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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. **HB291 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402177)
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2. **HB291 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425100)
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3. **HB291 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405501)
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4. **HB291 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409159)
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5. **House Floor Amendment, #1831, Melerine, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408980)
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6. **House Floor Amendment, #1840, Galle, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409031)
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7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1635, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414062)
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8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1636, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414063)
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9. **HB291 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421529)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#439) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#37) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
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- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#800) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jay Galle — primary (person)
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- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
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- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
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- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
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- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
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- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
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- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
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- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
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- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
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- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 176. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2025-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.
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- **2025-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2025-05-28** 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`
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- **2025-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-19** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2025-05-14** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-04-28** Called from the calendar.
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- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
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- **2025-04-24** Notice given.
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- **2025-04-24** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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- **2025-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2025.
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- **2025-04-16** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably (12-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** 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/74a81812-b84b-48e2-989e-1e230c90b576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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