---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEVEES: Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)"
description: "LEVEES: Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Louisiana SB 438 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory A. Miller"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16243aee-1588-463c-95f8-48e7e013cf05"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247026"
source_hash: "601c7f656c3d143c47c49ad21b4b110536c1adcf5e84f9a59fb6f97fc9afa2f8"
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 438 (2024) — LEVEES: Establishes minimum requirements for a levee commissioner. (8/1/24)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB438 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360772)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3877, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369803)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #3959, Bourriaque, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370327)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #4565, Fontenot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374358)
5. **SB438 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381962)
6. **SB438 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366788)
7. **SB438 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368529)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2098, THPW, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366485)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2103, THPW, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366495)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2407, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368475)
11. **SB438 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376510)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1097) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#977) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#399) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gregory A. Miller — primary (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. 484 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-20** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-15** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-29** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-23** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-17** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** 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/16243aee-1588-463c-95f8-48e7e013cf05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).