republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2018/hb-421.md

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Bill	ACUPUNCTURISTS: Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists	ACUPUNCTURISTS: Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2018	HB 421	Louisiana HB 421 (2018)	bill		enacted	Walt Leger, III	9	19	2	2018-03-01	2018-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/9386237a-8446-4a40-bbba-7973922b369b	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233847	c563b3ee08bc4ddacefdb71c9adf9db03b2c725726007afd58a2e0bf58826835	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 421 (2018) — ACUPUNCTURISTS: Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists

Version chain

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

1. HB421 Original (filed) — source
2. HB421 Act (committee substitute) — source
3. HB421 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB421 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1453, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1544, H&W, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Floor Amendment, #1730, Leger, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1395, Pierre, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. HB421 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#535) — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• FINAL PASSAGE (#176) — 96–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Walt Leger, III — primary (person)
• Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-10 Effective date: 08/01/2018.
• 2018-05-10 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 93. executive-signature
• 2018-05-01 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2018-04-30 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2018-04-26 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2018-04-26 Received from the Senate without amendments.
• 2018-04-25 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2018-04-23 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2018-04-19 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2018-04-18 Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
• 2018-04-03 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. referral-committee
• 2018-04-02 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2018-03-28 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2018-03-22 Scheduled for floor debate on 03/28/18.
• 2018-03-22 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2018-03-21 Reported with amendments (11-0).
• 2018-03-12 Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. referral-committee
• 2018-03-01 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9386237a-8446-4a40-bbba-7973922b369b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).