---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to opioid alternatives. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to opioid alternatives. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "Louisiana SB 224 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert \"Bob\" Owen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9a799ac-15ed-433b-9e24-f3960b621d02"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246384"
source_hash: "dd81514d2a7ef178ffe8efaf16ddff6f450c72436145dfa6cb1d94d52a1112d7"
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 224 (2024) — PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to opioid alternatives. (8/1/24) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB224 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351975)
2. **SB224 Act 320** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380792)
3. **SB224 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369003)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1125, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357228)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2464, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368771)
6. **SB224 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377868)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1320) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#486) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert "Bob" Owen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 320. `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.
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-15** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-07** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-04-24** 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 Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9a799ac-15ed-433b-9e24-f3960b621d02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).