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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 253: DRUGS: Provides relative to kratom (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note)

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 253 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: DRUGS: Provides relative to kratom (EG INCREASE SG EX See Note). Primary sponsor: Chad Boyer (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chad BoyerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse46

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
  2. Reported with amendments (13-0).
  3. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  4. Prefiled.
  5. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source