republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-853.md

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Bill	HEALTH/LDH: Creates the office of surgeon general within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN GF EX See Note)	HEALTH/LDH: Creates the office of surgeon general within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN GF EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 853	Louisiana HB 853 (2024)	bill		enacted	Brach Myers	9	20	3	2024-04-02	2024-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/22a7ef2b-7e85-4d7f-8795-c4a6396cc26f	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247009	1fb13cde8e539768693a9f7bf014db4e180f896a2939c88b446ef0cf1c48de43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 853 (2024) — HEALTH/LDH: Creates the office of surgeon general within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN GF EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB853 Original (filed) — source
2. HB853 Act 739 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB853 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB853 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Amendment, #2892, Myers, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1859, Horton, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #3466, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #3625, H&W, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. HB853 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1554) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1119) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#509) — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brach Myers — primary (person)
• Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
• Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
• John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
• Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
• Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
• Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
• Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-19 Effective date: 06/19/2024.
• 2024-06-19 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 739. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-06-03 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-31 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2024-05-30 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. enrolled
• 2024-05-29 Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2024-05-22 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
• 2024-05-22 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-22 Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-05-20 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2024-05-16 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2024-05-15 Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-22 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2024-04-16 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-04-11 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/16/2024.
• 2024-04-10 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-04-09 Reported favorably (13-0). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22a7ef2b-7e85-4d7f-8795-c4a6396cc26f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).