---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRUGS/CONTROLLED: Provides relative to marijuana for therapeutic use"
description: "DRUGS/CONTROLLED: Provides relative to marijuana for therapeutic use"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 358"
citation: "Louisiana HB 358 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Ted James"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28274b7a-347c-4090-a295-744e7224feef"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236174"
source_hash: "329c883195caf02694784858b329ffc1401a186d1e19c7250af78f2abd983d38"
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 358 (2019) — DRUGS/CONTROLLED: Provides relative to marijuana for therapeutic use

## Version chain

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

1. **HB358 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121359)
2. **HB358 Act 284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144127)
3. **HB358 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129772)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2661, Mills, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138395)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2783, Claitor, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139031)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3222, Mills, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140974)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3240, Barrow, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141119)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3274, Claitor, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141601)
9. **HB358 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143113)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#997) — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 3274 BY CLAITOR, HB 358 BY JAMES (#911) — **10–27** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#289) — **74–3** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 3222 BY MILLS, HB 358 BY JAMES (#909) — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#737) — **19–18** (fail) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 2783 BY CLAITOR, HB 358 BY JAMES (#736) — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#912) — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 3274 BY CLAITOR, QUORUM CALL (#910) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Ted James — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Norton — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Walt Leger, III — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-13** Effective date: 08/01/19.
- **2019-06-13** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 284. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Read by title, roll called, yeas 80, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended.
- **2019-06-03** Reconsidered.
- **2019-06-01** Notice of reconsideration on the next legislative day.
- **2019-06-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title; failed to pass by a vote of 19 yeas and 18 nays.
- **2019-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-23** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-22** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably (10-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28274b7a-347c-4090-a295-744e7224feef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).