---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the training, registration, and certification of fire-resistant material applicators (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
description: "FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the training, registration, and certification of fire-resistant material applicators (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Louisiana HB 172 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vincent J. Pierre"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35de9665-926d-417a-8fb9-014302fcf132"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235875"
source_hash: "ff74659cc1d68677b0f1325cd98488094cc5e084872e4dd38b4ae1c207535dfb"
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 172 (2019) — FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the training, registration, and certification of fire-resistant material applicators (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB172 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118643)
2. **HB172 Act 114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143556)
3. **HB172 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124813)
4. **HB172 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136634)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#37) — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#439) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vincent J. Pierre — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-06-05** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 114. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-21** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-16** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-04-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 1. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/23/19.
- **2019-04-17** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably (16-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35de9665-926d-417a-8fb9-014302fcf132`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).