---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT: Provides relative to the Louisiana Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "AGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT: Provides relative to the Louisiana Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Louisiana SB 249 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75f330fd-e554-4d38-a33c-ae2121736b14"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246472"
source_hash: "22d7697be8dd9d57ea45e1d363c1417151fc9020954678f567e2e53418043d7c"
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 249 (2024) — AGRICULTURE/FOREST DEPT: Provides relative to the Louisiana Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB249 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352314)
2. **SB249 Act 101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378095)
3. **SB249 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355834)
4. **SB249 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373181)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#937) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#123) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-21** Effective date 5/21/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 101. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-14** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-13** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2024.
- **2024-04-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-18** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-25** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-19** 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 Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75f330fd-e554-4d38-a33c-ae2121736b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).