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+type: "Bill"
+title: "LIBRARIES: Provides relative to access to certain materials in public libraries. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
+description: "LIBRARIES: Provides relative to access to certain materials in public libraries. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 7"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 7 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Heather Cloud"]
+version_count: 17
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-02-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b367fed-fdf4-4b1d-aa0d-050ea05b9241"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243836"
+source_hash: "7222d3e9dbcf37eed994caf12b8aa0fff9d09e348c4fdaf5417a53e053dca975"
+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 7 (2023) — LIBRARIES: Provides relative to access to certain materials in public libraries. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB7 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1299438)
+2. **Conference Committee Report, #2989, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331385)
+3. **House Floor Amendment, #3517, Magee, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325595)
+4. **House Floor Amendment, #4070, DuBuisson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329824)
+5. **SB7 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333281)
+6. **SB7 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317049)
+7. **SB7 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322146)
+8. **SB7 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319282)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1057, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316926)
+10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1211, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318091)
+11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1351, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319066)
+12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1360, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319118)
+13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1362, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319133)
+14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #745, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314502)
+15. **Senate Committee Amendment, #985, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316557)
+16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1584, Cloud, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320813)
+17. **SB7 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331813)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#991) — **74–27** (pass) · lower
+- AMENDMENT # 3517 BY MAGEE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#990) — **61–42** (pass) · lower
+- ADOPT (#987) — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#297) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
+- REJECT (#887) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1201) — **68–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Heather Cloud — primary (person)
+- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
+- Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
+- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-28** Effective date 8/1/2023.
+- **2023-06-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 436. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
+- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
+- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 68, nays 26. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
+- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 21 yeas and 13 nays.
+- **2023-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
+- **2023-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
+- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
+- **2023-06-07** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, Fields, and Abraham.
+- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
+- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Emerson, Harris, and Magee.
+- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
+- **2023-06-06** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2023-06-05** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 27. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2023-06-05** Called from the calendar.
+- **2023-06-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
+- **2023-06-01** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
+- **2023-05-25** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2023-05-23** Reported favorably (8-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2023-05-15** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays; ordered re- reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2023-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-01** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-07** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `filing, referral-committee`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b367fed-fdf4-4b1d-aa0d-050ea05b9241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+