---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE: Authorizes a data system for collection of information on health effects and outcomes associated with medical marijuana (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "HEALTH CARE: Authorizes a data system for collection of information on health effects and outcomes associated with medical marijuana (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 169"
citation: "Louisiana HB 169 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Hoffmann"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff1ac8cb-6534-41ef-8881-2e62dd76e149"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235872"
source_hash: "7daf33efd3aef4b26fdd1f170e6a8355d84d31d4a1ce480d4db32ff49c440a2e"
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 HB 169 (2019) — HEALTH CARE: Authorizes a data system for collection of information on health effects and outcomes associated with medical marijuana (RE INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB169 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118640)
2. **HB169 Act 207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144069)
3. **HB169 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131926)
4. **HB169 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136273)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2981, Hoffmann, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135660)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3279, Peterson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141630)
7. **HB169 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142641)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#432) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#873) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#955) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank Hoffmann — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 207. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/19.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/19.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-07** Reported favorably (8-0).
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff1ac8cb-6534-41ef-8881-2e62dd76e149`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).