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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 49: PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to the confidentiality of records from certain hearings of the Board of Pardons and committee on parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

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 49 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on March 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: PARDON/PAROLE: Provides relative to the confidentiality of records from certain hearings of the Board of Pardons and committee on parole (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX). Primary sponsor: Michael Melerine (Republican). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 8, 2025): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 128.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael MelerinePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Tony BacalaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Dennis BamburgCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Chad BoyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse46
Tehmi ChassionCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Vincent CoxCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Bryan FontenotCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Dodie HortonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Alonzo KnoxCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Vanessa LaFleurCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse101
Pat MooreCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Thomas PresslyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate38
Alan SeabaughCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Jeff WileyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse81

“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. 128.
  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  6. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.
  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  10. Reported favorably.
  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
  12. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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