republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024s2/hb-6.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the methods of execution and for confidentiality of records or information relating to the execution of a death sentence (Item #15) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the methods of execution and for confidentiality of records or information relating to the execution of a death sentence (Item #15) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s2"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "Louisiana HB 6 (2024s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas Muscarello"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce753a4d-49b8-4783-afdd-0c39ea0276e3"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245598"
source_hash: "0345a862feaf7ee763f85f13d7afccaaeb2a2253e026dfcd276393364d5cc05b"
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 6 (2024s2) — CRIMINAL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to the methods of execution and for confidentiality of records or information relating to the execution of a death sentence (Item #15) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB6 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1342728)
2. **HB6 Act 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353035)
3. **HB6 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344491)
4. **HB6 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345795)
5. **HB6 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344781)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #66, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344234)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #71, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344267)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #76, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344471)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #87, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344657)
10. **House Committee Amendment, #99, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344772)
11. **House Floor Amendment, #108, Marcelle, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344997)
12. **House Floor Amendment, #109, Muscarello, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345006)
13. **House Floor Amendment, #128, Jordan, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345552)
14. **House Floor Amendment, #131, Green, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345621)
15. **House Floor Amendment, #134, Landry, Mandie, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345684)
16. **House Floor Amendment, #135, Landry, Mandie, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345695)
17. **House Floor Amendment, #82, Muscarello, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344619)
18. **Senate Committee Amendment, #235, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346506)
19. **Senate Committee Amendment, #255, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346894)
20. **Senate Committee Amendment, #263, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1347052)
21. **Senate Committee Amendment, #265, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1347055)
22. **Senate Floor Amendment, #355, Kleinpeter, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349828)
23. **Senate Floor Amendment, #356, Duplessis, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349836)
24. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #292, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1347260)
25. **HB6 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350184)

## Votes

- AMENDMENT # 128 BY JORDAN, MOTION TO ADOPT (#45) — **30–72** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 108 BY MARCELLE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#46) — **31–73** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#63) — **24–15** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 134 BY LANDRY, M., MOTION TO ADOPT (#48) — **32–70** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#96) — **68–29** (pass) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE (#9) — **73–29** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#49) — **71–29** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 131 BY GREEN, MOTION TO ADOPT (#47) — **33–71** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 356 BY DUPLESSIS, HB 6 BY MUSCARELLO (#62) — **15–22** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nicholas Muscarello — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** Effective date: 07/01/2024.
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 5. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-02-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 68, nays 29, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended.
- **2024-02-29** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 24 yeas and 15 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-02-28** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-02-27** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 02/23/2024.
- **2024-02-22** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Reported with amendments (12-5). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2024-02-20** Rules suspended.
- **2024-02-20** Reported with amendments (14-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/9/2024.
- **2024-02-08** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce753a4d-49b8-4783-afdd-0c39ea0276e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).