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type: "Bill"
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title: "ACUPUNCTURISTS: Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists"
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description: "ACUPUNCTURISTS: Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 421"
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citation: "Louisiana HB 421 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Walt Leger, III"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-03-01"
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last_action: "2018-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9386237a-8446-4a40-bbba-7973922b369b"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233847"
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source_hash: "c563b3ee08bc4ddacefdb71c9adf9db03b2c725726007afd58a2e0bf58826835"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana HB 421 (2018) — ACUPUNCTURISTS: Provides for the licensing of acupuncturists
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB421 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1071663)
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2. **HB421 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1096985)
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3. **HB421 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077635)
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4. **HB421 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080492)
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5. **House Committee Amendment, #1453, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076837)
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6. **House Committee Amendment, #1544, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077598)
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7. **House Floor Amendment, #1730, Leger, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1078878)
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8. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1395, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077957)
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9. **HB421 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1090412)
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## Votes
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#535) — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#176) — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Walt Leger, III — primary (person)
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- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-10** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
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- **2018-05-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 93. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-01** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-04-30** Signed by the President of the Senate.
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- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate without amendments.
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2018-04-19** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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- **2018-04-18** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
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- **2018-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/28/18.
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- **2018-03-22** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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- **2018-03-21** Reported with amendments (11-0).
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- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9386237a-8446-4a40-bbba-7973922b369b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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