---
type: "Bill"
title: "PLUMBERS: Provides relative to licensure of plumbers"
description: "PLUMBERS: Provides relative to licensure of plumbers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 753"
citation: "Louisiana HB 753 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daryl Deshotel"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-19"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e57970f-a744-4928-a366-a5d60cc42a27"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246801"
source_hash: "9d640e8187760f11d1b21354e0a6f799aabbd0a06e33435c02bad139475661d9"
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 753 (2024) — PLUMBERS: Provides relative to licensure of plumbers

## Version chain

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

1. **HB753 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355738)
2. **HB753 Act 721** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382745)
3. **HB753 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361719)
4. **HB753 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363597)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1786, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358096)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2200, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361675)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2614, Deshotel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363472)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2370, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368782)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2483, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368879)
10. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2744, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370199)
11. **HB753 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380128)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1512) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#324) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#878) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daryl Deshotel — primary (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 721. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-30** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-24** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2024.
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Reported with amendments (16-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e57970f-a744-4928-a366-a5d60cc42a27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).