---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSUMERS: Provides relative to earned wage access services (EN +$16,544 SG EX See Note)"
description: "CONSUMERS: Provides relative to earned wage access services (EN +$16,544 SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 368"
citation: "Louisiana HB 368 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vincent J. St. Blanc , III"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-03"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e1f05c9-3e96-4760-a870-3c0a49608d06"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248355"
source_hash: "5f07d7545c16cbc2ed6dcad7b51dc71fc75940eadb7076d7d2a266eecab81439"
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 HB 368 (2025) — CONSUMERS: Provides relative to earned wage access services (EN +$16,544 SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB368 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1402948)
2. **HB368 Act 496** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427687)
3. **HB368 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414305)
4. **HB368 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416040)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2665, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413590)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2725, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414033)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2762, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414271)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3090, Deshotel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415788)
9. **HB368 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1420827)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#594) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#443) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-07-01** Becomes Act No. 496 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-03** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-02** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-01** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-29** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
- **2025-05-14** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e1f05c9-3e96-4760-a870-3c0a49608d06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).