---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Removes bottle-size limitations on containers of wine shipped directly to consumers. (7/1/19) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
description: "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Removes bottle-size limitations on containers of wine shipped directly to consumers. (7/1/19) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Louisiana SB 34 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Donahue"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3425233-a048-4d39-9c6c-7ffa9e060875"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235744"
source_hash: "749ef058788e7b5c61df51dc8402bdef57b205023908521752fe4c652c78219e"
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 34 (2019) — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Removes bottle-size limitations on containers of wine shipped directly to consumers. (7/1/19) (EN NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB34 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1116523)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3229, Falconer, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137195)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #3520, Magee, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140124)
4. **SB34 Act 181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143920)
5. **SB34 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126464)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #726, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125393)
7. **SB34 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140500)

## Votes

- AMENDMENT # 3229 BY FALCONER, MOTION TO RECONSIDER (#784) — **55–38** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 3229 BY FALCONER, MOTION TO ADOPT (#785) — **30–62** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#786) — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#139) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack Donahue — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date 7/1/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 181. `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.
- **2019-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-31** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-31** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-29** Notice given.
- **2019-05-23** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/19.
- **2019-05-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-08** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-23** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3425233-a048-4d39-9c6c-7ffa9e060875`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).