---
type: "Bill"
title: "SOCIAL WORKER: Provides relative to the Social Work Licensure Compact (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
description: "SOCIAL WORKER: Provides relative to the Social Work Licensure Compact (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 888"
citation: "Louisiana HB 888 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Stagni"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ba9c6d4-e97a-425b-a233-06a1361f921c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247083"
source_hash: "d2e23916dabda26c104a6023be7a24e42bea3ebbfd02ab2c527f6f21c5a4c161"
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 888 (2024) — SOCIAL WORKER: Provides relative to the Social Work Licensure Compact (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB888 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361133)
2. **HB888 Act 791** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1383088)
3. **HB888 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363929)
4. **HB888 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366898)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2537, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363100)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2646, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363885)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #3058, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365702)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #3256, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366832)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3015, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371622)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3271, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372822)
11. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3344, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373394)
12. **HB888 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380353)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#693) — **80–16** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#821) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1522) — **91–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joe Stagni — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (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. 791 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **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 91, nays 3. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. 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`
- **2024-04-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-24** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 16. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2024.
- **2024-04-18** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2024-04-09** Reported with amendments (12-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/1ba9c6d4-e97a-425b-a233-06a1361f921c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).