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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SECRETARY OF STATE: Provides that the secretary of state is the chief protocol officer of the state (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
+description: "SECRETARY OF STATE: Provides that the secretary of state is the chief protocol officer of the state (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 362"
+citation: "Louisiana HB 362 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rodney Schamerhorn"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-04-03"
+last_action: "2025-06-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/449b806a-3cf0-48e0-a506-9282b262397c"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248343"
+source_hash: "d6ee3993db8d33281f0f758cf440e79a54ed1046fa20e751607145254ec21e88"
+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 HB 362 (2025) — SECRETARY OF STATE: Provides that the secretary of state is the chief protocol officer of the state (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB362 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402799)
+2. **HB362 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425110)
+3. **HB362 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412778)
+4. **HB362 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420698)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#592) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#387) — **89–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rodney Schamerhorn — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
+- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 185. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
+- **2025-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
+- **2025-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
+- **2025-05-28** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-19** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
+- **2025-05-12** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably (9-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Prefiled. `filing`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/449b806a-3cf0-48e0-a506-9282b262397c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+