---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE: Provides relative to the provision of medication-assisted treatment (MAT). (8/1/19)"
description: "CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE: Provides relative to the provision of medication-assisted treatment (MAT). (8/1/19)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Louisiana SB 240 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Boudreaux"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-02"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36214811-3aeb-4130-a5c4-9bc65afbecd6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236842"
source_hash: "a1ab9cc2581eb285d6624d107049caaf9566bf51f2ac1b05cffb101e3330c90b"
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 240 (2019) — CONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE: Provides relative to the provision of medication-assisted treatment (MAT). (8/1/19)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB240 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129974)
2. **SB240 Act 414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144801)
3. **SB240 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131444)
4. **SB240 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139273)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#666) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#270) — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald Boudreaux — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 414. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-30** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-29** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-07** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-06** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-02** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 160. 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/36214811-3aeb-4130-a5c4-9bc65afbecd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).