---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides for violence prevention. (8/1/24) (EN +$95,613 GF EX See Note)"
description: "PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides for violence prevention. (8/1/24) (EN +$95,613 GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 509"
citation: "Louisiana SB 509 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Royce Duplessis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-13"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31755f88-221d-4e27-9141-d5e774c3ba6b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247553"
source_hash: "4b09bf0f5a850a9207697578f506056e8183fca2369cdf67f2e2bfd55b240358"
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 509 (2024) — PUBLIC HEALTH: Provides for violence prevention. (8/1/24) (EN +$95,613 GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB509 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373215)
2. **SB509 Act 772** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382662)
3. **SB509 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374402)
4. **SB509 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380694)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1681) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#786) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Royce Duplessis — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 772. `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** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-28** Reported favorably (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2024-05-21** Reported favorably (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-05-13** Substitute for Senate Bill No. 479. 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/31755f88-221d-4e27-9141-d5e774c3ba6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).