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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CHILDREN: Provides for licensure requirements in adoption services. (8/1/24)"
+description: "CHILDREN: Provides for licensure requirements in adoption services. (8/1/24)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 496"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 496 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-04-02"
+last_action: "2024-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067f41db-8d6d-4cce-969b-1914b714a192"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247195"
+source_hash: "77fe5146b5155500a4b07aa8333640f1f1a15915ef7451bf7259f4965ebb8f73"
+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 496 (2024) — CHILDREN: Provides for licensure requirements in adoption services. (8/1/24)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB496 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361516)
+2. **House Committee Amendment, #3775, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369439)
+3. **House Committee Amendment, #3870, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369796)
+4. **SB496 Act 362** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380837)
+5. **SB496 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365936)
+6. **SB496 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367941)
+7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1943, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365329)
+8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2009, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365849)
+9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2253, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367623)
+10. **SB496 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376528)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR (#980) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#349) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1116) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)
+- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
+- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
+- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
+- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
+- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
+- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 362. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **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, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** Called from the calendar.
+- **2024-05-15** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
+- **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 (12-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-23** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2024-04-22** 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`
+- **2024-04-17** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2024-04-16** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `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/067f41db-8d6d-4cce-969b-1914b714a192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+