---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARMACIES: Authorizes the transfer of a prescription or prescription information for controlled substances between pharmacies in conformance with federal regulations"
description: "PHARMACIES: Authorizes the transfer of a prescription or prescription information for controlled substances between pharmacies in conformance with federal regulations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Louisiana HB 193 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Turner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c04b638-4120-4cec-af04-6c1fa497fdfd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245767"
source_hash: "f963fb288b3fa03e103a66657369c47c2daf73e5e21493309800d3d9b6910c14"
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 193 (2024) — PHARMACIES: Authorizes the transfer of a prescription or prescription information for controlled substances between pharmacies in conformance with federal regulations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB193 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346689)
2. **HB193 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379520)
3. **HB193 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357966)
4. **HB193 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374165)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#180) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#656) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Turner — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 205. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-17** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-14** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-13** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-06** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-01** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-02** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/02/2024.
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Reported favorably (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c04b638-4120-4cec-af04-6c1fa497fdfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).