---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Adds veterinarians and veterinary clinics to the definitions of \"healthcare professional\" and \"healthcare facility\" for purposes of certain assault and battery offenses. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Adds veterinarians and veterinary clinics to the definitions of \"healthcare professional\" and \"healthcare facility\" for purposes of certain assault and battery offenses. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Louisiana SB 21 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William \"Bill\" Wheat , Jr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-28"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95cee679-87da-4bde-b55f-7cbc7e074589"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248039"
source_hash: "1c45a6306e2e106197726f6765a16cfa17c4a6c48ef2f9f2c8c4b20b0905ed62"
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 21 (2025) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Adds veterinarians and veterinary clinics to the definitions of "healthcare professional" and "healthcare facility" for purposes of certain assault and battery offenses. (8/1/25) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB21 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1399524)
2. **SB21 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422207)
3. **SB21 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405683)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #467, JUDC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405266)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #472, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1405316)
6. **SB21 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418332)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#22) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#629) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — 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. 25. `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`
- **2025-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2025.
- **2025-05-19** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-04-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-04-15** Reported with amendments. `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 C. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95cee679-87da-4bde-b55f-7cbc7e074589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).