---
type: "Bill"
title: "PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS: Provides for an increase in licensing fees for private investigators. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/24)"
description: "PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS: Provides for an increase in licensing fees for private investigators. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "Louisiana SB 86 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6e55def-f26f-40dd-a5fd-1ebd902bc587"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245967"
source_hash: "3ea8c2599746f56c82d98ef9709e0e9a9cc4e6d518845a426c76e2728db4ddee"
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 86 (2024) — PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS: Provides for an increase in licensing fees for private investigators. (2/3-CA7s2.1(A)) (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB86 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349223)
2. **SB86 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381965)
3. **SB86 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356099)
4. **SB86 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377974)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#139) — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1333) — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1158) — **66–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date 9/1/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Becomes Act No. 478 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 12. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Notice given.
- **2024-05-21** Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
- **2024-05-20** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 66, nays 23. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.
- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-06** Reported favorably (11-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 3 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-20** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6e55def-f26f-40dd-a5fd-1ebd902bc587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).