---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN'S CODE: Provides for continuous revisions to the Children's Code. (8/1/24) (EN LF EX See Note)"
description: "CHILDREN'S CODE: Provides for continuous revisions to the Children's Code. (8/1/24) (EN LF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Louisiana SB 39 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Mizell"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae842e7-4f56-4f64-bdcb-3df352494ca6"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245791"
source_hash: "a248e98a6fab1b24c818ce7697318c3b0ac37e7f6f652c51421f02298d2ffda7"
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 39 (2024) — CHILDREN'S CODE: Provides for continuous revisions to the Children's Code. (8/1/24) (EN LF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB39 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346816)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3651, Edmonston, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368661)
3. **SB39 Act 92** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378084)
4. **SB39 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355898)
5. **SB39 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357726)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #851, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355097)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #959, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1355821)
8. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1076, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1356472)
9. **SB39 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373914)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#619) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#104) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#939) — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Mizell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-21** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 92. `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** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-08** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/08/2024.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-22** Reported favorably (13-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-03-25** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-19** Reported with amendments. `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`
- **2024-02-26** 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/4ae842e7-4f56-4f64-bdcb-3df352494ca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).