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+type: "Bill"
+title: "LEVEES: Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)"
+description: "LEVEES: Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 438"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 438 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gregory A. Miller"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-04-02"
+last_action: "2024-06-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16243aee-1588-463c-95f8-48e7e013cf05"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247026"
+source_hash: "601c7f656c3d143c47c49ad21b4b110536c1adcf5e84f9a59fb6f97fc9afa2f8"
+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 438 (2024) — LEVEES: Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB438 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360772)
+2. **House Committee Amendment, #3877, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369803)
+3. **House Floor Amendment, #3959, Bourriaque, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370327)
+4. **House Floor Amendment, #4565, Fontenot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374358)
+5. **SB438 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381962)
+6. **SB438 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366788)
+7. **SB438 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368529)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2098, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366485)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2103, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366495)
+10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2407, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368475)
+11. **SB438 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376510)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1097) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR (#977) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#399) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gregory A. Miller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-03** Effective date 8/1/2024.
+- **2024-06-03** Becomes Act No. 484 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
+- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2024-05-21** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-20** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2024-05-15** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2024-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
+- **2024-05-01** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2024-04-29** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2024-04-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-02** Introduced in the Senate. 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/16243aee-1588-463c-95f8-48e7e013cf05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+