---
type: "Bill"
title: "CEMETERIES: Provides for the merger of cemetery trust funds"
description: "CEMETERIES: Provides for the merger of cemetery trust funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 493"
citation: "Louisiana HB 493 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Riser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d280de10-0fef-402c-bc0c-efb881ffd858"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246251"
source_hash: "b3f8e4f8a162022a220fbad3674cf38e5b571459c95a7b959dd1c77954fa6b36"
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 493 (2024) — CEMETERIES: Provides for the merger of cemetery trust funds

## Version chain

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

1. **HB493 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351327)
2. **HB493 Act 785** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1383082)
3. **HB493 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363225)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3188, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372523)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3243, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372797)
6. **HB493 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379763)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1544) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#448) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1063) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil Riser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-25** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-25** Becomes Act No. 785 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-30** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/11/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-08** Reported favorably (17-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d280de10-0fef-402c-bc0c-efb881ffd858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).