republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-444.md

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Bill	PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to pharmaceutical reimbursements. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)	PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to pharmaceutical reimbursements. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2024	SB 444	Louisiana SB 444 (2024)	bill		enacted	Katrina Jackson-Andrews	9	21	6	2024-04-02	2024-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/8be4d8b8-d2e4-456b-ba6f-df7f7dce7a13	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247033	b196612c2cabe850f3ba3396b4f6508c9ec7c2684fd66ef66d1d4667e5242e08	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 444 (2024) — PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to pharmaceutical reimbursements. (gov sig) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. SB444 Original (filed) — source
2. House Committee Amendment, #5003, INS, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House Floor Amendment, #4578, Glorioso, Rejected (committee substitute) — source
4. House Floor Amendment, #5193, Echols, Rejected (committee substitute) — source
5. SB444 Act 768 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB444 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. SB444 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Floor Amendment, #3540, Jackson-Andrews, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. SB444 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AMENDMENT # 4578 BY GLORIOSO, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1426) — 13–85 (fail) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1428) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#705) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AMENDMENT # 5193 BY ECHOLS, MOTION TO ADOPT (#1427) — 13–81 (fail) · lower
• CONCUR (#1279) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• CO-AUTHORS (#706) — 22–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Katrina Jackson-Andrews — primary (person)
• Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
• C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
• Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
• Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
• Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
• Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
• Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
• Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
• Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
• Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
• Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
• Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
• R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
• Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
• Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
• Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
• Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
• Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
• William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-19 Effective date 6/19/2024.
• 2024-06-19 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 768. became-law, executive-signature
• 2024-05-31 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. executive-receipt
• 2024-05-30 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2024-05-30 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. enrolled
• 2024-05-29 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2024-05-28 Received from the House with amendments. receipt
• 2024-05-28 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2024-05-23 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/2024.
• 2024-05-23 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2024-05-22 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2024-05-21 Reported with amendments (14-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2024-05-14 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2024-05-14 Called from the Calendar.
• 2024-04-30 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2024-04-29 Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2024-04-24 Reported favorably. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 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/8be4d8b8-d2e4-456b-ba6f-df7f7dce7a13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).