---
type: "Bill"
title: "ARCHITECTS: Provides for exemptions to the licensing and registration requirements for architects. (1/1/25)"
description: "ARCHITECTS: Provides for exemptions to the licensing and registration requirements for architects. (1/1/25)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 396"
citation: "Louisiana SB 396 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-25"
last_action: "2024-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/147db60c-9b8d-4e84-88f4-3fe44b678fef"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246846"
source_hash: "03a10b678a52fa7594f386cc3d5cd43a0e4712b6f7c1cacee7ed7eacf12e7b97"
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 396 (2024) — ARCHITECTS: Provides for exemptions to the licensing and registration requirements for architects. (1/1/25)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB396 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357459)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3218, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366494)
3. **SB396 Act 104** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378098)
4. **SB396 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358948)
5. **SB396 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1364144)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1223, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358223)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1337, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1358904)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1709, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363202)
9. **SB396 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374453)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#244) — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1034) — **88–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-21** Effective date 7/1/2025.
- **2024-05-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 104. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-15** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-14** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 10. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2024.
- **2024-04-25** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-23** Reported favorably (18-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-09** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 4 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-27** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/147db60c-9b8d-4e84-88f4-3fe44b678fef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).