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---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/LAW: Prohibits recovery of certain damages for unauthorized aliens"
description: "CIVIL/LAW: Prohibits recovery of certain damages for unauthorized aliens"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 436"
citation: "Louisiana HB 436 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabe Firment"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebccd53e-960f-4772-85e6-bd32cb2926cc"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248443"
source_hash: "48ebcbf9d4de3cfa24c63763c3210fea4d9b6284fee42035657c4daee0121b4e"
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 436 (2025) — CIVIL/LAW: Prohibits recovery of certain damages for unauthorized aliens
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB436 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1403628)
2. **HB436 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419042)
3. **HB436 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406855)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1853, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415640)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2121, Luneau, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417147)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2122, Luneau, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417159)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2139, Jackson-Andrews, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417333)
8. **HB436 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418209)
## Votes
- AMENDMENT # 2122 BY LUNEAU, HB 436 BY FIRMENT (#349) — **1026** (fail) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 1853 BY MIGUEZ, HB 436 BY FIRMENT (#346) — **279** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 2121 BY LUNEAU, HB 436 BY FIRMENT (#347) — **1027** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#88) — **6917** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#350) — **2710** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 2139 BY JACKSON-ANDREWS, HB 436 BY FIRMENT (#348) — **1027** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#624) — **7424** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Gabe Firment — primary (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-28** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 17. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-05-27** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2025.
- **2025-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-19** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
- **2025-04-23** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably (11-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebccd53e-960f-4772-85e6-bd32cb2926cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).