republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/sb-489.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE OFFICIALS: Provides for duties of the State Fire Marshal. (1/1/26)"
description: "STATE OFFICIALS: Provides for duties of the State Fire Marshal. (1/1/26)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Louisiana SB 489 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stewart Cathey , Jr."]
version_count: 18
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44676bfa-8f06-4e24-8a7d-205fcc41614d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247187"
source_hash: "f9d5aa678b39a122147e26217cf738a39b1c02c7c4cec15a0ebccd67502e1721"
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 SB 489 (2024) — STATE OFFICIALS: Provides for duties of the State Fire Marshal. (1/1/26)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB489 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361492)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #4782, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375821)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4795, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375915)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #4870, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376397)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #5036, Gadberry, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377616)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #5083, Gadberry, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378049)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #5244, Fontenot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379322)
8. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3935, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376736)
9. **SB489 Act 534** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382239)
10. **SB489 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369107)
11. **SB489 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374033)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2332, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368099)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2341, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368124)
14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2455, INS, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368758)
15. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2487, INS, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1368859)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2750, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370256)
17. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3362, Cathey, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373419)
18. **SB489 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380522)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#1353) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#624) — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1605) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1366) — **48–34** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — primary (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date 7/1/2026.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 534. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-31** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-30** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-29** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Notice given.
- **2024-05-28** Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
- **2024-05-23** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 48, nays 34. Failed to pass, motion to reconsider pending.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-05-20** Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-13** The bill, as previously amended, was read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 5 nays, ordered reengrossed, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-05-13** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-05-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-05-13** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-04-30** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-04-30** Senate floor amendments read and adopted.
- **2024-04-29** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-24** Reported with amendments. `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** Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44676bfa-8f06-4e24-8a7d-205fcc41614d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).