---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOLS: Allows the Health Education course to be offered virtually under certain circumstances. (gov sig)"
description: "SCHOOLS: Allows the Health Education course to be offered virtually under certain circumstances. (gov sig)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 475"
citation: "Louisiana SB 475 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert \"Bob\" Owen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19b38577-6eba-4f42-9bb3-5d0305d1688a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247147"
source_hash: "7d6114948b26c307a2ec1ae12c78dc0e6cceb9bd786d8f8842e5914db714ab17"
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 475 (2024) — SCHOOLS: Allows the Health Education course to be offered virtually under certain circumstances. (gov sig)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB475 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361334)
2. **SB475 Act 530** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382235)
3. **SB475 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369050)
4. **SB475 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379162)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#602) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1430) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert "Bob" Owen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 6/10/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 530. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-21** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-13** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-08** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-04-30** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-24** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `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/19b38577-6eba-4f42-9bb3-5d0305d1688a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).