republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-396.md

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Bill	ARCHITECTS: Provides for exemptions to the licensing and registration requirements for architects. (1/1/25)	ARCHITECTS: Provides for exemptions to the licensing and registration requirements for architects. (1/1/25)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	SB 396	Louisiana SB 396 (2024)	bill		enacted	Patrick McMath	9	18	2	2024-03-25	2024-05-21	openstates	ocd-bill/147db60c-9b8d-4e84-88f4-3fe44b678fef	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246846	03a10b678a52fa7594f386cc3d5cd43a0e4712b6f7c1cacee7ed7eacf12e7b97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 396 (2024) — ARCHITECTS: Provides for exemptions to the licensing and registration requirements for architects. (1/1/25)

Version chain

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

1. SB396 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #3218, COM, Draft (committee substitute) — source
3. SB396 Act 104 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB396 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. SB396 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Committee Amendment, #1223, COM, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #1337, COM, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Floor Amendment, #1709, McMath, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. SB396 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#244) — 33–4 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1034) — 88–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick McMath — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-21 Effective date 7/1/2025.
• 2024-05-21 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 104. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-05-16 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-15 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2024-05-15 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. enrolled
• 2024-05-14 Received from the House without amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-14 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 10. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-05-13 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2024.
• 2024-04-25 Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-04-24 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2024-04-23 Reported favorably (18-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-11 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2024-04-09 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 4 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-04-02 Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2024-03-27 Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-25 Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/147db60c-9b8d-4e84-88f4-3fe44b678fef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).