---
type: "Bill"
title: "EVIDENCE: Provides for expert testimony. (8/1/24)"
description: "EVIDENCE: Provides for expert testimony. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Louisiana SB 16 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Pressly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-25"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f612334e-5465-4c1d-ba41-f3e2f7b1d56e"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245729"
source_hash: "b97363406185af2d3da44d309f76b04987a2922e62df22044721e369cab931d1"
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 SB 16 (2024) — EVIDENCE: Provides for expert testimony. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB16 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346359)
2. **SB16 Act 88** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378078)
3. **SB16 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355860)
4. **SB16 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373942)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#102) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1015) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas Pressly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-21** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 88. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-14** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-13** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2024.
- **2024-05-08** Notice given.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2024.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-22** Reported favorably (12-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-19** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-25** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f612334e-5465-4c1d-ba41-f3e2f7b1d56e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).