---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISEASE CONTROL: Provides relative to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "DISEASE CONTROL: Provides relative to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 239"
citation: "Louisiana SB 239 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41982ee-e6ed-40e0-b3be-e71747a5a7ec"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246399"
source_hash: "27a8d3585e3486b4e1fcc951cde1ff6e5b53a0ce893b72a084a69372a536dd9b"
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 239 (2024) — DISEASE CONTROL: Provides relative to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB239 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352051)
2. **SB239 Act 511** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382216)
3. **SB239 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356128)
4. **SB239 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368435)
5. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1548, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361864)
6. **SB239 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378461)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#367) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1351) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 6/10/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 511. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-20** Reported favorably (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably (13-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-22** Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- **2024-03-20** 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 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/c41982ee-e6ed-40e0-b3be-e71747a5a7ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).