---
type: "Bill"
title: "INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Provides for sanctuary policies. (gov sig)"
description: "INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Provides for sanctuary policies. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 208"
citation: "Louisiana SB 208 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Miguez"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cab57b1-4aee-48a5-a1ff-ab9bdb66b1ba"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246364"
source_hash: "bae93e82323fb51c7df36a2f55454b2cfa37afe6a32dcf6210281c5636f14e26"
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 208 (2024) — INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Provides for sanctuary policies. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB208 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351918)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4041, JUD, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370935)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #4840, Landry, Jacob, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376163)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #4879, Willard, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376312)
5. **SB208 Act 314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380786)
6. **SB208 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355869)
7. **SB208 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359218)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #886, JUDB, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355460)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #950, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355782)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1124, Duplessis, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357210)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1238, Miguez, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358356)
12. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #994, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356036)
13. **SB208 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377229)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1027) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1142) — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#1141) — **33–56** (fail) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 1124 BY DUPLESSIS, SB 208 BY MIGUEZ (#165) — **14–22** (fail) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 4879 BY WILLARD, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1140) — **35–63** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#166) — **26–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Miguez — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 5/28/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 314. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-21** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 26. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-07** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably (10-3-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-27** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 11 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-03-20** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-19** Reported with amendments. `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 B. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cab57b1-4aee-48a5-a1ff-ab9bdb66b1ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).