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type: "Bill"
title: "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to distribution of fentanyl under certain circumstances (Item #24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to distribution of fentanyl under certain circumstances (Item #24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024s2"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Louisiana HB 8 (2024s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie Schlegel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dec4e55-d004-4ab3-ac01-21cbe28f134a"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245600"
source_hash: "848ba5d5059c99c81394deb97d8c95a517b74a2db886acdd48140e61f099fe5b"
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 8 (2024s2) — CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: Provides relative to distribution of fentanyl under certain circumstances (Item #24) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB8 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1342730)
2. **HB8 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353232)
3. **HB8 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344310)
4. **HB8 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1345441)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #104, Schlegel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344995)
6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #114, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1344598)
7. **HB8 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1349069)
## Votes
- FINAL PASSAGE (#56) — **370** (pass) · upper
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE (#11) — **7329** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#37) — **9213** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Laurie Schlegel — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery "Jeff" Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Carlson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Lauren Ventrella — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bayham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-06** Effective date: 04/29/2024.
- **2024-03-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 19. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-02-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Received from the Senate without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-02-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 02/22/2024.
- **2024-02-21** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Reported favorably (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/9/2024.
- **2024-02-08** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Prefiled. `filing`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dec4e55-d004-4ab3-ac01-21cbe28f134a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).