---
type: "Bill"
title: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for \"Crisis Lifeline dial 988\" to be included on all state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards and the home page of LA Wallet. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
description: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for \"Crisis Lifeline dial 988\" to be included on all state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards and the home page of LA Wallet. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Louisiana SB 34 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louie Bernard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fad865dd-5803-4f5e-a5a2-cd00ff5d294a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243974"
source_hash: "38613f62649405133632112e5ec54bd37051d893f9bc927ab9c354f8d432d0b8"
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 (2023) — FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides for "Crisis Lifeline dial 988" to be included on all state-issued driver's licenses and personal identification cards and the home page of LA Wallet. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB34 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1303689)
2. **SB34 Act 237** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332313)
3. **SB34 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321403)
4. **SB34 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323515)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1520, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320168)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1645, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321358)
7. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1658, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321570)
8. **SB34 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330094)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#329) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#964) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louie Bernard — primary (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-09** Effective date 6/9/2023.
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 237. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-06** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-06-01** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-30** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-17** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fad865dd-5803-4f5e-a5a2-cd00ff5d294a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).