---
type: "Bill"
title: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for therapeutic group homes licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig)"
description: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for therapeutic group homes licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Louisiana SB 53 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-19"
last_action: "2020-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c637849-b938-4bb8-952b-7d16b41235aa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237552"
source_hash: "50c103f6ab338a063ae8d5aa142e7d6d87ec8a4fba2d680ab87e3eae13c6e6a3"
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 53 (2020) — FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for therapeutic group homes licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB53 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1156123)
2. **SB53 Act 34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1179867)
3. **SB53 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1165270)
4. **SB53 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176618)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#87) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#482) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-04** Effective date 6/4/2020.
- **2020-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 34. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-27** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (16-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-03-11** Reported favorably.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** 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/4c637849-b938-4bb8-952b-7d16b41235aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).