---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to distribution of fentanyl under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to distribution of fentanyl under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 720"
citation: "Louisiana HB 720 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie Schlegel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-11"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13696933-959f-4aa8-a751-f4ba0ac24a9a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246660"
source_hash: "81ad03aabd36b06eb6f620f56e41e61c011d9ef4ffc05ed09349c9ed14248a88"
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 720 (2024) — CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to distribution of fentanyl under certain circumstances (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB720 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353470)
2. **HB720 Act 85** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375980)
3. **HB720 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361824)
4. **HB720 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364221)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2559, Schlegel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363214)
6. **HB720 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372583)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#572) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#359) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laurie Schlegel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 85. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-07** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-23** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-09** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2024.
- **2024-04-04** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** Reported favorably (10-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13696933-959f-4aa8-a751-f4ba0ac24a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).