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+type: "Bill"
+title: "MEDICAID: Provides relative to the Medicaid prescription drug benefit program. (8/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
+description: "MEDICAID: Provides relative to the Medicaid prescription drug benefit program. (8/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 239"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 239 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fred H. Mills, Jr."]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-05-02"
+last_action: "2019-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67e23786-3570-4603-8731-7549c5e3836c"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236841"
+source_hash: "7e3602af6af602271e4d8af23fca002ed5bab05e44c020a28680ae55553b6224"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana SB 239 (2019) — MEDICAID: Provides relative to the Medicaid prescription drug benefit program. (8/1/19) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB239 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129956)
+2. **House Committee Amendment, #2471, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132929)
+3. **House Floor Amendment, #3495, LeBas, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139842)
+4. **SB239 Act 263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144061)
+5. **SB239 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131443)
+6. **SB239 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132208)
+7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1557, Mills, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131136)
+8. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1606, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131642)
+9. **SB239 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140569)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#750) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR (#674) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#269) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2019.
+- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 263. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2019-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2019-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2019-05-30** Received from the House with amendments.
+- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
+- **2019-05-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
+- **2019-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2019-05-21** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2019-05-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2019-05-07** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2019-05-06** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2019-05-02** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 48. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67e23786-3570-4603-8731-7549c5e3836c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+