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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 371: RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: Provides relative to the free exercise of religion

Enacted 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 371 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS: Provides relative to the free exercise of religion. Primary sponsor: Beryl Amedée (Republican). It lists 24 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 358.

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): Democratic 2 · Republican 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Beryl AmedéePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Mike BayhamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse103
Stephanie BeraultCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse76
Dewith CarrierCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Kim CarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Emily ChenevertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Vincent CoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Raymond CrewsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Phillip DeVillierCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Kathy EdmonstonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Peter EganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Gabe FirmentCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Brian GloriosoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Valarie HodgesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Dodie HortonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Shane MackCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Danny McCormickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Pat MooreCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Chuck OwenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Rodney SchamerhornCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Phil TarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Sylvia TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
Lauren VentrellaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Roger WilderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
John WybleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75

“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. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 358.
  2. Effective date: 06/20/2025.
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 30 yeas and 5 nays.
  5. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  7. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  8. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
  9. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
  10. Conference committee report received.
  11. Rules suspended.
  12. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 64, nays 16. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

Showing 12 most recent of 38 actions. Full history

Sources

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