republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-974.md

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Bill	LIBRARIES: Provides relative to qualifications for library directors	LIBRARIES: Provides relative to qualifications for library directors	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	HB 974	Louisiana HB 974 (2024)	bill		enacted	Josh Carlson	5	21	3	2024-04-25	2024-06-11	openstates	ocd-bill/3e8d6bb0-9e83-4235-ac58-d73c55b3beb9	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247410	c2570c5a29e1a39adb1881dd114e9c9480326699553284da39604de3cc92a0e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 974 (2024) — LIBRARIES: Provides relative to qualifications for library directors

Version chain

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

1. HB974 Original (filed) — source
2. HB974 Act 647 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB974 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Floor Amendment, #4186, Miguez, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
5. HB974 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#796) — 65–38 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1591) — 67–28 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1246) — 27–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Josh Carlson — primary (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. 647. 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 67, nays 28, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2024-05-28 Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2024.
• 2024-05-28 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-28 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-05-28 Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
• 2024-05-23 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2024-05-23 Rules suspended.
• 2024-05-14 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2024-05-13 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2024-05-08 Reported favorably. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-01 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. 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 65, nays 38. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-04-29 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/2024.
• 2024-04-29 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-04-25 Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 168 reported by the Committee on Education (10-0).

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e8d6bb0-9e83-4235-ac58-d73c55b3beb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).