---
type: "Bill"
title: "WILLS/TESTAMENTS: Provides for validity of testaments. (8/1/25)"
description: "WILLS/TESTAMENTS: Provides for validity of testaments. (8/1/25)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Louisiana SB 49 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory A. Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdad2144-dd26-4bd7-ad63-4e838e7cc36b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248174"
source_hash: "0c7054738c5a7081d481782071bd1ba72a161f9b458c77ec1d3db6a2ee0fd899"
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 49 (2025) — WILLS/TESTAMENTS: Provides for validity of testaments. (8/1/25)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB49 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1401003)
2. **SB49 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422212)
3. **SB49 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407062)
4. **SB49 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417904)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#587) — **89–6** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#87) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gregory A. Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-04** Effective date 8/1/2025.
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 30. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-05-29** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-05-28** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 6. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2025.
- **2025-05-14** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-04-29** Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdad2144-dd26-4bd7-ad63-4e838e7cc36b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).