---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONGRESS: Provides for redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (Item #1)(See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CONGRESS: Provides for redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (Item #1)(See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s1"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Louisiana SB 8 (2024s1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen Womack"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-01-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/713b61be-6c23-42f1-b024-0496c5b27987"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245512"
source_hash: "47819e108b326e644c0f6dcb13c1e9ba06069f4aafa415cf6f23838bdbe02637"
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 8 (2024s1) — CONGRESS: Provides for redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (Item #1)(See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB8 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340141)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #68, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340501)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #70, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340478)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #74, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340645)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #83, Beaullieu, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340695)
6. **SB8 Act 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1341081)
7. **SB8 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340284)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #31, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340187)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #34, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340190)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #38, S&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340218)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #48, S&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340274)
12. **SB8 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1340797)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#20) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#9) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#21) — **86–17** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 83 BY BEAULLIEU, MOTION TO ADOPT (#20) — **86–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glen Womack — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Rashid Young — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Effective date: See Act.
- **2024-01-22** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 2. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-01-19** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-01-19** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-01-19** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-01-19** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays.
- **2024-01-19** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-01-19** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 16. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-01-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 01/19/2024.
- **2024-01-18** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-01-18** Rules suspended.
- **2024-01-18** Reported with amendments (14-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-01-16** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/713b61be-6c23-42f1-b024-0496c5b27987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).