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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 449: ATTORNEYS/FEES: Provides relative to fees reasonably expected to be earned by an attorney

Passed one chamber 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 449 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: ATTORNEYS/FEES: Provides relative to fees reasonably expected to be earned by an attorney. Primary sponsor: Josh Carlson (Republican). It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 21

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh CarlsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse43
Dennis BamburgCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Stephanie BeraultCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse76
Beth BillingsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Kim CarverCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse89
Emily ChenevertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Kim CoatesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Vincent CoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Jason DeWittCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Jessica DomangueCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Kathy EdmonstonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Peter EganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Jay GalléCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Brian GloriosoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Troy HebertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Chance HenryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse42
Dixon McMakinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Michael MelerineCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Chris TurnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12
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. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
  2. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  3. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 23. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  4. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
  5. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  6. Reported with amendments (8-2-1).
  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  8. Prefiled.
  9. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

Sources

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