---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the regulation of fireworks and pyrotechnics (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
description: "FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the regulation of fireworks and pyrotechnics (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 532"
citation: "Louisiana HB 532 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sherman Q. Mack"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ed19bdd-2774-4d40-a1b2-809d7880c5ec"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233967"
source_hash: "cb884bf6f9554eac911f39988dd066afc5610cbd43d7b41f528c01ef8f87a26e"
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 532 (2018) — FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to the regulation of fireworks and pyrotechnics (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB532 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1072496)
2. **HB532 Act 211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099067)
3. **HB532 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079100)
4. **HB532 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1082578)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1600, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077895)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1722, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078861)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1637, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079213)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2849, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1087898)
9. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2984, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1088721)
10. **HB532 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093672)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#537) — **31–2** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#222) — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#762) — **93–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sherman Q. Mack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 05/15/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 211. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/07/18.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-19** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-18** Reported with amendments.
- **2018-04-05** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/03/18.
- **2018-03-27** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-26** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ed19bdd-2774-4d40-a1b2-809d7880c5ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).