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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 431: LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides relative to modified comparative fault

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 431 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: LIABILITY/TORTS: Provides relative to modified comparative fault. Primary sponsor: Emily Chenevert (Republican). It lists 40 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 28, 2025): Signed by the President of the Senate.

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 39

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Emily ChenevertPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Beryl AmedéeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Tony BacalaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Larry BagleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Dennis BamburgCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Beau BeaullieuCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48
Stephanie BeraultCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse76
Beth BillingsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Chad BoyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Rhonda ButlerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Josh CarlsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Kim CarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Kim CoatesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Vincent CoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Raymond CrewsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Phillip DeVillierCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Jessica DomangueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Michael EcholsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Kathy EdmonstonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Peter EganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Julie EmersonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Gabe FirmentCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Foy GadberryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Jay GalléCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Kellee HennessyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Chance HenryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse42
Dodie HortonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Mike JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Jacob LandryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Shane MackCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95
Jack McFarlandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Wayne McMahenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse10
Dixon McMakinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Michael MelerineCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Chuck OwenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Neil RiserCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Rodney SchamerhornCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Laurie SchlegelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Roger WilderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Mark WrightCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
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 President of the Senate.
  2. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  3. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 15.
  4. Effective date: 01/01/2026.
  5. Read by title, roll called, yeas 75, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
  6. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  7. Received from the Senate with amendments.
  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2025.
  9. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  12. Reported with amendments.

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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