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type: "Bill"
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title: "ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides relative to legal representation of sovereign interests of the state (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
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description: "ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides relative to legal representation of sovereign interests of the state (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
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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 64"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 64 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike Johnson"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-03-14"
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last_action: "2025-06-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5879700-cc9e-46a0-a6db-1873283cb9ef"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247951"
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source_hash: "62e9df8d765636bbf9548e0298eb458a3aaed19584171b6d9342161ce5cb7690"
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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 64 (2025) — ATTORNEY GENERAL: Provides relative to legal representation of sovereign interests of the state (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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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. **HB64 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1396785)
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2. **HB64 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425499)
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3. **HB64 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415323)
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4. **HB64 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417257)
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5. **House Floor Amendment, #3186, Johnson, Mike, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416337)
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6. **House Floor Amendment, #3328, Jordan, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417110)
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7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2703, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420884)
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8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2713, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420923)
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9. **HB64 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423380)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#683) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#993) — **77–22** (pass) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#546) — **72–25** (pass) · lower
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- AMENDMENT # 3328 BY JORDAN, MOTION TO ADOPT (#545) — **27–64** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Johnson — primary (person)
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- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
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- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
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- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
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- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
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- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
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- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
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- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2025.
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- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 237. `became-law, executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 77, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
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- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 72, nays 25. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Called from the calendar.
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- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
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- **2025-05-20** Notice given.
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- **2025-05-20** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2025.
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- **2025-05-19** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/14/2025.
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- **2025-03-14** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** 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/a5879700-cc9e-46a0-a6db-1873283cb9ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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