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type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN: Provides for licensure requirements in adoption services. (8/1/24)"
description: "CHILDREN: Provides for licensure requirements in adoption services. (8/1/24)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 496"
citation: "Louisiana SB 496 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-04-02"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/067f41db-8d6d-4cce-969b-1914b714a192"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=247195"
source_hash: "77fe5146b5155500a4b07aa8333640f1f1a15915ef7451bf7259f4965ebb8f73"
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 496 (2024) — CHILDREN: Provides for licensure requirements in adoption services. (8/1/24)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB496 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361516)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3775, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369439)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3870, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369796)
4. **SB496 Act 362** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380837)
5. **SB496 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365936)
6. **SB496 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367941)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1943, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365329)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2009, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365849)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2253, Edmonds, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367623)
10. **SB496 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376528)
## Votes
- CONCUR (#980) — **370** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#349) — **370** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1116) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rick Edmonds — primary (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 362. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-20** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-05-15** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-15** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-29** Reported with amendments (12-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-22** 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`
- **2024-04-17** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-04-16** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `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/067f41db-8d6d-4cce-969b-1914b714a192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).