LA SB21 | 2025 | Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill 21 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on June 4 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-04 - Effective date 8/1/2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Adds veterinarians and veterinary clinics to the definitions of "healthcare professional" and "healthcare facility" for purposes of certain assault and battery offenses. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Title

Roll Calls

2025-05-27 - House - House Vote on SB 21 FINAL PASSAGE (#629) (Y: 95 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-04-22 - Senate - Senate Vote on SB 21 FINAL PASSAGE (#22) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-04	Senate	Effective date 8/1/2025.
2025-06-04	Senate	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 25.
2025-05-29	Senate	Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
2025-05-28	House	Signed by the Speaker of the House.
2025-05-28	Senate	Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
2025-05-27	Senate	Received from the House without amendments.
2025-05-27	House	Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
2025-05-22	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2025.
2025-05-19	House	Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
2025-05-15	House	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
2025-05-14	House	Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2025-04-23	House	Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
2025-04-22	House	Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
2025-04-22	Senate	Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2025-04-16	Senate	Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
2025-04-15	Senate	Reported with amendments.
2025-04-14	Senate	Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.
2025-03-28	Senate	Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

Subjects

CRIME/PUNISHMENT

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=25rs&b=SB21&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1399524
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405683
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418332
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422207
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405316
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405266
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1399525
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404740
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406159
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406196
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418735
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426510
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407261
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418192