---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides relative to sickle cell disease management and treatment plan for students diagnosed with sickle cell disease (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides relative to sickle cell disease management and treatment plan for students diagnosed with sickle cell disease (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 421"
citation: "Louisiana HB 421 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tammy Phelps"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3900465e-3cb1-465f-b74c-9ff7edff637c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246111"
source_hash: "fb99a43060ff67e2034d2db92536abfcf934e6b33fd7caed3f82195d1616d364"
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 421 (2024) — HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides relative to sickle cell disease management and treatment plan for students diagnosed with sickle cell disease (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB421 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350716)
2. **HB421 Act 616** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382345)
3. **HB421 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358776)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3204, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372596)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3261, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372780)
6. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3602, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374700)
7. **HB421 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379721)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#246) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1525) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#987) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tammy Phelps — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 616. `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`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 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** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-14** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-05-13** Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-04** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/2024.
- **2024-04-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Reported favorably (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3900465e-3cb1-465f-b74c-9ff7edff637c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).