---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION: Provides relative to prescribing and dispensing of opioid drugs"
description: "DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION: Provides relative to prescribing and dispensing of opioid drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Louisiana HB 284 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Abraham"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7b2764c-2518-43e4-b001-c4dec422d98e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236046"
source_hash: "5db6becefa335cae464bab89518d1458dea8d408126aa47e1da2d03043145777"
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 284 (2019) — DRUGS/PRESCRIPTION: Provides relative to prescribing and dispensing of opioid drugs

## Version chain

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

1. **HB284 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1120250)
2. **HB284 Act 426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144901)
3. **HB284 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129952)
4. **HB284 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136581)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1335, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126147)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1933, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129886)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2060, Abraham, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130455)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2622, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138910)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3280, Mills, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141633)
10. **HB284 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142661)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#958) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#871) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#475) — **85–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Abraham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 426. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-05** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-04** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-03** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/19.
- **2019-06-03** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-03** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-23** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/19.
- **2019-05-15** Notice given.
- **2019-05-14** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported with amendments (8-2).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7b2764c-2518-43e4-b001-c4dec422d98e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).