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type: "Bill"
title: "LICENSING: Allows the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to grant certain temporary permits and licenses"
description: "LICENSING: Allows the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to grant certain temporary permits and licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 972"
citation: "Louisiana HB 972 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daryl Deshotel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-23"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/185846c4-6f94-4e8a-b857-23f815de8268"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247360"
source_hash: "a7c6f65523f56765008dc43a8f6481813e583267bd34cfab0fe92a6d83ad29e6"
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 972 (2024) — LICENSING: Allows the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to grant certain temporary permits and licenses
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB972 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367899)
2. **HB972 Act 646** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382375)
3. **HB972 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367918)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3865, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376259)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #4082, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377587)
6. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #4256, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378796)
7. **HB972 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380718)
## Votes
- HEALTH AND WELFARE (#783) — **1481** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#784) — **993** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1319) — **350** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1673) — **920** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Daryl Deshotel — primary (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 646. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/30/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Rules suspended.
- **2024-05-30** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-28** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-22** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-30** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 3. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2024.
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-23** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 959 reported by the Committee on Commerce (15-0).
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/185846c4-6f94-4e8a-b857-23f815de8268`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).