---
type: "Bill"
title: "LIBRARIES: Provides relative to qualifications for library directors"
description: "LIBRARIES: Provides relative to qualifications for library directors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 974"
citation: "Louisiana HB 974 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Carlson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-25"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e8d6bb0-9e83-4235-ac58-d73c55b3beb9"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247410"
source_hash: "c2570c5a29e1a39adb1881dd114e9c9480326699553284da39604de3cc92a0e5"
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 974 (2024) — LIBRARIES: Provides relative to qualifications for library directors

## Version chain

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

1. **HB974 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369219)
2. **HB974 Act 647** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382376)
3. **HB974 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369287)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #4186, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378256)
5. **HB974 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379991)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#796) — **65–38** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1591) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1246) — **27–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Josh Carlson — primary (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. 647. `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 67, nays 28, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-23** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 38. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2024.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 168 reported by the Committee on Education (10-0).

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e8d6bb0-9e83-4235-ac58-d73c55b3beb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).