---
type: "Bill"
title: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the Community Options Waiver Fund and provides for dedication of revenues and use of monies in the fund. (7/1/23) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
description: "FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the Community Options Waiver Fund and provides for dedication of revenues and use of monies in the fund. (7/1/23) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Louisiana SB 39 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Boudreaux"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/154cf273-ef9d-443a-8da8-aa10a6d66c82"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244001"
source_hash: "2c1ad0112eac8073f8a653f196b48254055ca1e23e36175c44d087d46ac92aa6"
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 39 (2023) — FUNDS/FUNDING: Establishes the Community Options Waiver Fund and provides for dedication of revenues and use of monies in the fund. (7/1/23) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB39 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1304447)
2. **SB39 Act 187** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332169)
3. **SB39 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319770)
4. **SB39 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328792)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#870) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#272) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald Boudreaux — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08** Effective date 7/1/2023.
- **2023-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 187. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-05** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-06-04** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-04** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-31** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2023.
- **2023-05-24** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-22** Reported favorably (18-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-05-10** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/154cf273-ef9d-443a-8da8-aa10a6d66c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).