republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2024/hb-488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMERCE: Provides relative to blockchain and digital asset regulation"
description: "COMMERCE: Provides relative to blockchain and digital asset regulation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 488"
citation: "Louisiana HB 488 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Wright"]
version_count: 17
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37c5aee9-d8e9-4faf-9f45-41824a0686c5"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246246"
source_hash: "d462fab3f15f4d4d454a2bf12e0b88083701df071ce346b22a4f7b957e8c482f"
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 HB 488 (2024) — COMMERCE: Provides relative to blockchain and digital asset regulation

## Version chain

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

1. **HB488 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1351323)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #5147, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378693)
3. **Conference Committee Report, #5355, House Proposed, Senate Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381052)
4. **HB488 Act 700** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382721)
5. **HB488 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357787)
6. **HB488 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361656)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1663, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357195)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #1702, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357777)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2094, Wright, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360002)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #2148, Wright, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360388)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2593, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369353)
12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3244, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372704)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3246, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372798)
14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3252, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372744)
15. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3743, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375385)
16. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3860, Coussan, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376214)
17. **HB488 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381747)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#163) — **104–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1479) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1381) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1062) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1759) — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-19** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-19** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 700. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/4/2024.
- **2024-06-03** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-06-03** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2024-06-03** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2024-06-03** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2024-06-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-31** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-30** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2024.
- **2024-05-30** Conference committee report received.
- **2024-05-30** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2024-05-28** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2024-05-28** Senate conference committee members appointed: Coussan, Mizell, and Morris.
- **2024-05-23** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2024-05-23** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2024-05-23** House conferees appointed: Wright, Deshotel, and Carver.
- **2024-05-23** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2024-05-23** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/23/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-08** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-02** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 104, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/02/2024.
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-25** Reported with amendments (17-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37c5aee9-d8e9-4faf-9f45-41824a0686c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).