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LouisianaHB 3072025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE: Requires that individuals requesting public assistance who are not United States citizens be reported to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Sponsored By: Chance Keith Henry (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.

Status checks can end public benefits

Louisiana state and local agencies must make every reasonable effort to check benefit applicants' citizenship or qualifying immigration status, unless federal law bars checks. Covered benefits include retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, food, unemployment, and similar federal, state, or local aid. Agencies must stop recurring benefits when the reasonable time allowed to verify citizenship ends. They must also stop them when final checks find noncitizenship or no qualifying immigration status, plus entry without inspection or an overstay. For public pensions and retirement plans, a status check at enrollment satisfies the requirement.

Benefit applicants face immigration enforcement referrals

Louisiana state and local agencies must send applicant information to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when the reasonable verification period ends. Referrals are also required when final checks find noncitizenship or no qualifying immigration status, plus entry without inspection or an overstay. Agencies must send monthly compilations to Louisiana's secretary of state for voter-list maintenance. Agencies administering federal or state benefits must report verification results at each fiscal year's end, including referral and benefit-termination counts. Reports go to the Senate president, House speaker, governor, and David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Chance Keith Henry

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 181 • No: 48

House vote • 6/10/2025

Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 12, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 73 • No: 12

Senate vote • 6/9/2025

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 27 • No: 10

House vote • 5/21/2025

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 67 • No: 26

House vote • 5/19/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 351.

    6/20/2025House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    6/20/2025House

  3. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/11/2025House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/11/2025Senate

  5. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/11/2025House

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 12, Senate amendments concurred in.

    6/10/2025House

  7. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/9/2025Senate

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    6/9/2025House

  9. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.

    6/9/2025House

  10. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

    6/8/2025Senate

  11. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    6/8/2025Senate

  12. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    6/8/2025Senate

  13. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

    6/3/2025Senate

  14. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

    5/28/2025Senate

  15. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    5/27/2025Senate

  16. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 26. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/21/2025House

  17. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/20/2025House

  18. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.

    5/20/2025House

  19. Reported with amendments (14-0).

    5/19/2025House

  20. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

    5/5/2025House

  21. Reported with amendments (10-5-1).

    4/30/2025House

  22. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    4/14/2025House

  23. Prefiled.

    4/2/2025House

  24. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    4/2/2025House

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