---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to criminal background checks for certified nurse aide trainees. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to criminal background checks for certified nurse aide trainees. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "Louisiana SB 32 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James R. Fannin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30ca3659-62dc-4521-8025-675760cc2314"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235742"
source_hash: "5e9ee66cc58b4b871ea3454ad3a854f80ef4e385c508e37db55e976e5cfa38ea"
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 32 (2019) — HEALTH CARE: Provides relative to criminal background checks for certified nurse aide trainees. (8/1/19) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB32 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1116519)
2. **SB32 Act 43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141865)
3. **SB32 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1124867)
4. **SB32 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138609)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#619) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#81) — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James R. Fannin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-01** Effective date 8/1/2019.
- **2019-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 43. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/19.
- **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.
- **2019-04-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30ca3659-62dc-4521-8025-675760cc2314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).