---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH SERVICES: Requires CPR/AED training for coaches in Louisiana. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
description: "HEALTH SERVICES: Requires CPR/AED training for coaches in Louisiana. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Louisiana SB 54 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William \"Bill\" Wheat , Jr."]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b57f095-9b50-4ba8-bc03-c3099f5677ad"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245827"
source_hash: "02ce72f1d2bee5fb0c056fac2829027210257aa9866f4799dbf0b6ea1e2d824a"
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 54 (2024) — HEALTH SERVICES: Requires CPR/AED training for coaches in Louisiana. (8/1/24) (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB54 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1347393)
2. **SB54 Act 95** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378089)
3. **SB54 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361893)
4. **SB54 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365623)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1502, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361570)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1580, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1362088)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1944, Wheat, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365305)
8. **SB54 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374589)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#280) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1041) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-21** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 95. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-14** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2024.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-24** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-15** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b57f095-9b50-4ba8-bc03-c3099f5677ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).