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LouisianaHB 4362025 Regular SessionHouse

CIVIL/LAW: Prohibits recovery of certain damages for unauthorized aliens

Sponsored By: Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary ACivil Law and Procedure

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Auto claim limits for immigrants unlawfully present

Louisiana law bars people unlawfully present under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act from receiving general damages after auto accidents. It also bars awards for past and future lost wages. These limits do not apply to claims against uninsured or underinsured motorist policies naming the person as an insured.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael "Gabe" Firment

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Kathy Edmonston

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 170 • No: 51

House vote • 5/27/2025

Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 74 • No: 24

Senate vote • 5/21/2025

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 • 4/28/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 69 • No: 17

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/28/2025Senate

  2. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/28/2025House

  3. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 17.

    5/28/2025House

  4. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    5/28/2025House

  5. Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 24, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/27/2025House

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

    5/27/2025House

  7. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/22/2025House

  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2025.

    5/22/2025House

  9. 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.

    5/21/2025Senate

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

    5/20/2025Senate

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

    5/19/2025Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    5/14/2025Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    4/30/2025Senate

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

    4/29/2025Senate

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/28/2025House

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.

    4/24/2025House

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

    4/23/2025House

  18. Reported favorably (11-0-1).

    4/22/2025House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    4/14/2025House

  20. Prefiled.

    4/4/2025House

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    4/4/2025House

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