---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTRACTORS: Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance devices"
description: "CONTRACTORS: Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance devices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 953"
citation: "Louisiana HB 953 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan Fontenot"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97009514-902d-4afb-8558-b2c67463accd"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247175"
source_hash: "37f3e1ac223af7d981116b72b75ab4c0a08249f40325d06f586d28cefc8d4791"
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 953 (2024) — CONTRACTORS: Provides relative to life safety and property protection and conveyance devices

## Version chain

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

1. **HB953 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361461)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5395, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381529)
3. **HB953 Act 753** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382783)
4. **HB953 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365255)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3617, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374801)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3641, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374951)
7. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3809, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375840)
8. **HB953 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381709)

## Votes

- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1761) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1475) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#629) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1254) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1590) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan Fontenot — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 06/19/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 753. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/4/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-06-03** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 95, nays 1. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-06-03** Rules suspended.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee report received.
- **2024-05-30** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-29** Senate conference committee members appointed: Fesi, Mizell, and Price.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-29** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-29** House conferees appointed: Fontenot, Deshotel, and Jordan.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-28** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** 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`
- **2024-05-28** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-23** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-15** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/18/2024.
- **2024-04-16** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-15** Reported favorably (15-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `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/97009514-902d-4afb-8558-b2c67463accd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).