---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN: Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
description: "CHILDREN: Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 414"
citation: "Louisiana SB 414 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam Bass"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-26"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d3802e8-b82b-46d4-895b-4505baab1cbd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246902"
source_hash: "9a2341dde7d86b3ebd43b6e045e8b1c4172e136dc4700558e636703527cd35cf"
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 414 (2024) — CHILDREN: Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB414 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358163)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #4937, Chenevert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376796)
3. **SB414 Act 398** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380844)
4. **SB414 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366627)
5. **SB414 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368494)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1584, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362167)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2068, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366300)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2330, Luneau, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368088)
9. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2201, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367343)
10. **SB414 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377931)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1092) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1205) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#379) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 414 BY BASS (#378) — **16–21** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adam Bass — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (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. 398. `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** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-21** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2024.
- **2024-05-09** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `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 36 yeas and 3 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d3802e8-b82b-46d4-895b-4505baab1cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).