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+type: "Bill"
+title: "ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT: Provides for the Department of Economic Development. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)"
+description: "ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT: Provides for the Department of Economic Development. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 494"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 494 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Mizell"]
+version_count: 15
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-04-02"
+last_action: "2024-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6806bb77-9abd-4901-93e8-c97b3b64c383"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247193"
+source_hash: "fd0feb28e435c9f15cacdd484934646e358984dcb4e35b62cf461aca2a609538"
+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 494 (2024) — ECONOMIC DEVELOP DEPT: Provides for the Department of Economic Development. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB494 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361507)
+2. **House Committee Amendment, #4762, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375709)
+3. **House Committee Amendment, #4887, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376378)
+4. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3921, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376714)
+5. **SB494 Act 590** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382251)
+6. **SB494 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366570)
+7. **SB494 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373117)
+8. **SB494 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371508)
+9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1829, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364107)
+10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2113, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366543)
+11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2480, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368842)
+12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2968, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371386)
+13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2976, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371435)
+14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3283, Womack, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372895)
+15. **SB494 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379049)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR (#1226) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1367) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
+- ADD CO-AUTHORS (#1368) — **15–0** (fail) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#599) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- CO-AUTHORS (#600) — **15–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Mizell — primary (person)
+- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
+- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
+- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
+- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
+- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
+- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
+- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
+- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
+- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
+- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
+- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
+- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
+- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-06-11** Effective date 6/11/2024.
+- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 590. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
+- **2024-05-23** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
+- **2024-05-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 3. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2024.
+- **2024-05-22** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-21** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2024-05-20** Reported with amendments (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-13** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2024-05-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2024-05-07** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2024-05-06** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
+- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-02** Rules suspended. 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/6806bb77-9abd-4901-93e8-c97b3b64c383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+