---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE: Creates the Louisiana Commemorative Pet Stamp Program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "AGRICULTURE: Creates the Louisiana Commemorative Pet Stamp Program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 653"
citation: "Louisiana HB 653 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lauren Ventrella"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4733468e-1d7b-4d80-bcfe-14e5746a3552"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246459"
source_hash: "2722f2e2dcb6c89bf55803359c72ef6fb42ecc325e4554ddc6007d1db205a22e"
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 653 (2024) — AGRICULTURE: Creates the Louisiana Commemorative Pet Stamp Program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB653 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352280)
2. **HB653 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381919)
3. **HB653 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364772)
4. **HB653 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373019)
5. **HB653 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372008)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #4123, APP, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371440)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #4214, APP, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371986)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #4334, Ventrella, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372691)
9. **HB653 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378226)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#917) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 653 BY BRYANT (#1117) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lauren Ventrella — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 440. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-15** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Natural Resources.
- **2024-05-14** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-05-13** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2024.
- **2024-05-07** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Reported with amendments (17-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-04-11** Reported favorably (12-0-1. To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4733468e-1d7b-4d80-bcfe-14e5746a3552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).