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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 695: COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to gold and silver as legal tender (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG 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 695 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on May 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS: Provides relative to gold and silver as legal tender (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX). Primary sponsor: Raymond Crews (Republican). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 11, 2025): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 304.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 14

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Raymond CrewsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Beryl AmedéeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Mike BayhamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse103
Beth BillingsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Kathy EdmonstonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Peter EganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Gabe FirmentCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Jay GalléCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse104
Kellee HennessyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Danny McCormickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Joe OrgeronCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Chuck OwenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Rodney SchamerhornCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Roger WilderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71

“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. 304.
  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
  5. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.
  7. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
  8. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
  9. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
  10. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  12. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs.

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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