---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIBRARIES: Provides relative to access to certain materials in public libraries. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "LIBRARIES: Provides relative to access to certain materials in public libraries. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Louisiana SB 7 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heather Cloud"]
version_count: 17
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b367fed-fdf4-4b1d-aa0d-050ea05b9241"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243836"
source_hash: "7222d3e9dbcf37eed994caf12b8aa0fff9d09e348c4fdaf5417a53e053dca975"
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 7 (2023) — LIBRARIES: Provides relative to access to certain materials in public libraries. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB7 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1299438)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #2989, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331385)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #3517, Magee, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325595)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #4070, DuBuisson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329824)
5. **SB7 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333281)
6. **SB7 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1317049)
7. **SB7 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322146)
8. **SB7 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319282)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1057, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316926)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1211, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318091)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1351, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319066)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1360, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319118)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1362, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319133)
14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #745, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314502)
15. **Senate Committee Amendment, #985, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316557)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1584, Cloud, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1320813)
17. **SB7 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331813)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#991) — **74–27** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 3517 BY MAGEE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#990) — **61–42** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#987) — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#297) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- REJECT (#887) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1201) — **68–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Heather Cloud — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Brett Geymann — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-28** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 436. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-08** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 68, nays 26. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2023-06-08** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 21 yeas and 13 nays.
- **2023-06-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2023.
- **2023-06-07** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2023-06-07** Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, Fields, and Abraham.
- **2023-06-07** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2023-06-07** House conferees appointed: Emerson, Harris, and Magee.
- **2023-06-07** Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
- **2023-06-06** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-05** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 27. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-06-05** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-06-05** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-06-01** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
- **2023-05-25** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-23** Reported favorably (8-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-15** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays; ordered re- reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title; recommitted to the Committee on Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b367fed-fdf4-4b1d-aa0d-050ea05b9241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).