HEALTH/LDH: Creates the office of surgeon general within the Louisiana Department of Health (EN GF EX See Note)
This bill creates the Office of the Surgeon General within the Louisiana Department of Health to establish a formal leadership role for public health advocacy. The legislation primarily involves administrative text changes to ensure the title is consistently written as "office of the surgeon general" throughout the law. Additionally, the bill clarifies the effective date of the act, specifying when it becomes law upon the governor's signature or approval. These provisions aim to organize the state's health infrastructure without altering existing operational powers or funding.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Signed Jun 19, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2024 · House Apr 16, 2024
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
May 22, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
4
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 16, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 15, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0).
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brach Myers
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Boyer
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Dustin Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Joe Stagni
RRepublican
Co
John Wyble
RRepublican
Co
Kellee Hennessy
RRepublican
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