All Roll Calls
Yes: 354 • No: 0
LouisianaHB 362025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
LIABILITY/CIVIL: Provides relative to consumable hemp
Sponsored By: Laurie Schlegel (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Judiciary ACivil Law and Procedure
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Expanded claims over hemp supplied under 21
Louisiana expands damage claims for people who already qualify to sue as non-user victims under its drug-liability law. They can seek damages from someone who sells, gives, or administers a consumable hemp product to someone under 21. The law also classifies consumable hemp as an illegal controlled substance when its possession or distribution violates state hemp laws.
Limits on hemp claims protect businesses
Louisiana bars claims under this law for harm from consumable hemp use in three situations, unless the injured person is a minor. The first covers claims based only on a processor, wholesaler, or retailer lacking an active permit. The business must have held a valid permit when applying to renew, with renewal still under review when the alleged offense occurred. That review must be with the Louisiana Department of Health or the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. Claims are also barred if the health department approved the product when the incident happened. The same bar applies if approval was revoked no more than 60 days before the incident.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Laurie Schlegel
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Charles Owen
Republican • House
Debbie Villio
Republican • House
Dodie Horton
Republican • House
Kathy Edmonston
Republican • House
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson
Republican • House
Mike Johnson
Republican • House
Phillip DeVillier
Republican • House
Polly Thomas
Republican • House
Rhonda Gaye Butler
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/11/2025
Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 6/11/2025
Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 78, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
Yes: 78 • No: 0
House vote • 6/4/2025
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
Yes: 94 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/2/2025
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 38 • No: 0
House vote • 5/6/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 97 • No: 0
House vote • 4/28/2025
Reported with amendments
Yes: 12 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 345.
6/20/2025HouseEffective date: 08/01/2025.
6/20/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/12/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/12/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/12/2025HouseRead by title, returned to the calendar.
6/11/2025HouseCalled from the calendar.
6/11/2025HouseConference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 78, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
6/11/2025HouseNotice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
6/11/2025SenateConference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
6/11/2025SenateNotice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
6/11/2025HouseConference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
6/10/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 06/11/2025.
6/10/2025HouseConference committee report received.
6/10/2025SenateSenate conference committee members appointed: Bass, Pressly, and Talbot.
6/9/2025SenateNotice of Senate conferees appointed.
6/9/2025HouseRead by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
6/4/2025HouseNotice House rejected the Senate amendments.
6/4/2025SenateHouse conferees appointed: Schlegel, Muscarello, and Villio.
6/4/2025HouseNotice House Conference Committee members appointed.
6/4/2025SenateScheduled for concurrence on 06/04/2025.
6/3/2025HouseSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/2/2025SenateReceived from the Senate with amendments.
6/2/2025HouseRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
6/1/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
6/1/2025Senate
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