---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to pharmaceutical reimbursements. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to pharmaceutical reimbursements. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "Louisiana SB 444 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Jackson-Andrews"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be4d8b8-d2e4-456b-ba6f-df7f7dce7a13"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247033"
source_hash: "b196612c2cabe850f3ba3396b4f6508c9ec7c2684fd66ef66d1d4667e5242e08"
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 444 (2024) — PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to pharmaceutical reimbursements. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB444 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360787)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #5003, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377340)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #4578, Glorioso, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374140)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #5193, Echols, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378797)
5. **SB444 Act 768** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382658)
6. **SB444 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368784)
7. **SB444 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374534)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3540, Jackson-Andrews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374342)
9. **SB444 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380000)

## Votes

- AMENDMENT # 4578 BY GLORIOSO, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1426) — **13–85** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1428) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#705) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 5193 BY ECHOLS, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1427) — **13–81** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR (#1279) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#706) — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date 6/19/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 768. `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.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-28** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-21** Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-14** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-04-30** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-24** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. `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/8be4d8b8-d2e4-456b-ba6f-df7f7dce7a13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).