---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN: Provides relative to cancer screenings for certain firefighters and fire service employees (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "FIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN: Provides relative to cancer screenings for certain firefighters and fire service employees (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Louisiana HB 253 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Stagni"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-27"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d76226e-2c70-42bf-a300-7cc5e2651882"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245877"
source_hash: "d4df1c42db77a6fc739f374f2bc9849047e406a980878d5573bb500555cc5adf"
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 HB 253 (2024) — FIRE PROTECT/FIREMEN: Provides relative to cancer screenings for certain firefighters and fire service employees (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB253 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348037)
2. **HB253 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382293)
3. **HB253 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362772)
4. **HB253 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366363)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2845, Stagni, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364754)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2893, L&M, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370998)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2919, L&M, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371145)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3396, FNCE, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373585)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3398, FNCE, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373586)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3771, Boudreaux, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375563)
11. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3571, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374542)
12. **HB253 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379468)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1476) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#545) — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#984) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joe Stagni — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date: 06/10/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 554. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title, roll called, yeas 91, nays 6, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-13** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-06** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-05-01** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-11** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/16/2024.
- **2024-04-11** Notice given.
- **2024-04-11** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/11/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** Reported favorably (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d76226e-2c70-42bf-a300-7cc5e2651882`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).