---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides for legislative continuances and extensions of time for legislators and legislative employees. (Item #20) (gov sig)"
description: "CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides for legislative continuances and extensions of time for legislators and legislative employees. (Item #20) (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s3"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Louisiana SB 9 (2024s3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory A. Miller"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-11-13"
last_action: "2024-12-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb80ae37-5050-4f1a-b4e7-d7d2fe8b367d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247880"
source_hash: "e8f3ffa97ebe9b5fcb165c8794dc4fa83710d5266f7696ee339d94ba5be81fbc"
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 9 (2024s3) — CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides for legislative continuances and extensions of time for legislators and legislative employees. (Item #20) (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB9 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390637)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #172, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390973)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #180, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391005)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #181, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391039)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #188, Villio, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391097)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #190, Villio, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391138)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #202, Villio, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391204)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #205, Green, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391209)
9. **SB9 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391620)
10. **SB9 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390843)
11. **SB9 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390969)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #63, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390750)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #73, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390822)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #117, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390953)
15. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #107, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1390935)
16. **SB9 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1391300)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#54) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#31) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#19) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gregory A. Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-04** Effective date 12/12/2024.
- **2024-12-04** Becomes Act No. 19 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-11-22** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-11-22** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-11-22** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-11-21** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-11-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-11-21** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2024-11-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 11/21/2024.
- **2024-11-20** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-11-20** Rules suspended.
- **2024-11-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-11-19** Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-11-19** Reported with amendments (11-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-18** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-11-18** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-11-14** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-11-13** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb80ae37-5050-4f1a-b4e7-d7d2fe8b367d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).