---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRUSTS: Provides for special charitable trusts. (gov sig)"
description: "TRUSTS: Provides for special charitable trusts. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 498"
citation: "Louisiana SB 498 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Franklin J. Foil"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcda3d44-9d91-4072-b0da-33e425b36f27"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247197"
source_hash: "bec6b9ac53138327597836c658b3d3cc781ec8e5965c5e1442569e26437522b8"
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 498 (2024) — TRUSTS: Provides for special charitable trusts. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB498 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361523)
2. **SB498 Act 274** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380723)
3. **SB498 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363816)
4. **SB498 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366919)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1755, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363546)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1791, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363783)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2136, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366661)
8. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2025, Foil, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366036)
9. **SB498 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375123)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#334) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1101) — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Franklin J. Foil — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Effective date 5/23/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 274. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-16** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-15** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-29** Reported favorably (11-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-17** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-04-16** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-04-16** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-04-15** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-09** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Rules suspended. 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/fcda3d44-9d91-4072-b0da-33e425b36f27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).