---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides relative to the Child Abuse Neglect Registry. (7/1/24)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides relative to the Child Abuse Neglect Registry. (7/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 429"
citation: "Louisiana SB 429 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jean-Paul Coussan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d398e34-271d-4ff8-8f1b-abcf1072b8fb"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247017"
source_hash: "1175d9128cc23586cfffc2d064c1f17b1c638f619f944082a8139ddb3b8586d2"
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 429 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Provides relative to the Child Abuse Neglect Registry. (7/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB429 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360754)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #4898, Hebert, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376388)
3. **SB429 Act 524** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382229)
4. **SB429 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363765)
5. **SB429 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380431)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1349) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#305) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1443) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jean-Paul Coussan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 7/1/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 524. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-29** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Notice given.
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-14** Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-16** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-09** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/9d398e34-271d-4ff8-8f1b-abcf1072b8fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).