---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Provides for gubernatorial appointments. (gov sig)"
description: "APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Provides for gubernatorial appointments. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 462"
citation: "Louisiana SB 462 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valarie Hodges"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec9e1079-53c6-4020-8b76-70c0b4d95cde"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247109"
source_hash: "cfac9e63bf8931d33ccfc7ed3b24b89b30f6438c586cc6641e77984c93c03ad4"
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 462 (2024) — APPOINTED OFFICIALS: Provides for gubernatorial appointments. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB462 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361221)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4764, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375690)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4963, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377074)
4. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #4038, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377375)
5. **SB462 Act 491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382081)
6. **SB462 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369038)
7. **SB462 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372559)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2270, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367793)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2515, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368899)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3077, Hodges, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1371991)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3081, Hodges, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372000)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3162, Bouie, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372373)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3172, Jenkins, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372466)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3181, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372497)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3182, Price, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372506)
16. **SB462 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380608)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1429) — **62–30** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#586) — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#1356) — **26–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valarie Hodges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-05** Effective date 6/5/2024.
- **2024-06-05** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 491. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 26 yeas and 10 nays.
- **2024-05-30** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-28** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 62, nays 30. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-21** Reported with amendments (9-3). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-07** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 10 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-04-30** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-24** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `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/ec9e1079-53c6-4020-8b76-70c0b4d95cde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).