---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSES: Provides relative to licensed practical nurses. (8/1/18)"
description: "NURSES: Provides relative to licensed practical nurses. (8/1/18)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Louisiana SB 478 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Francis C. Thompson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-22"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f34de1c2-8a0d-40e5-8916-d52f7c49ed6b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234467"
source_hash: "8662e815a6e34a6e8a841c569b932a192efa93df6462b8844dcdbf6c61338621"
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 478 (2018) — NURSES: Provides relative to licensed practical nurses. (8/1/18)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB478 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077981)
2. **SB478 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097989)
3. **SB478 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078152)
4. **SB478 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093819)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#172) — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#771) — **95–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Francis C. Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date 8/1/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 162. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2018-05-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/18.
- **2018-04-19** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-04-17** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-03-29** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-28** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2018-03-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-22** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 350. 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/f34de1c2-8a0d-40e5-8916-d52f7c49ed6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).