---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides for the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor. (6/14/24)"
description: "CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides for the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor. (6/14/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "Louisiana SB 246 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Luneau"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b6c9e7-29cb-4e43-9b2b-f8a2ed793c02"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246469"
source_hash: "473afff613d94312e318a2bfc2c0058b63676d1655981b62e4cf827e441307dc"
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 SB 246 (2024) — CIVIL PROCEDURE: Provides for the prescriptive period for certain actions for abuse of a minor. (6/14/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB246 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352308)
2. **SB246 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381959)
3. **SB246 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370302)
4. **SB246 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371997)
5. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #2971, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371391)
6. **SB246 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377733)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1283) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#516) — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#515) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Luneau — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Shaun Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Becomes Act No. 481 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-22** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-13** Reported favorably (9-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-06** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-30** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1b6c9e7-29cb-4e43-9b2b-f8a2ed793c02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).