HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Requests the La. Department of Health to add Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) to the state's newborn screening panel.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Governor
Introduced Apr 8, 2019
Last action Jun 4, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 17, 2019 · House May 30, 2019
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
Apr 17, 2019
D
Democratic9
77% Yea
R
Republican21
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
May 30, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read by title, concurred in by vote of 95 yeas, 0 nays.
lower
May 15, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0).
lower
Apr 22, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays. Ordered sent to the House.
upper
Apr 16, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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