HEALTH CARE: Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to take immediate action to address racial disparity in maternal and child health outcomes and the alarming rate of mortality for African-American infants and mothers in Louisiana.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2019
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 3, 2019
Last action Jun 6, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Jun 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read by title and adopted.
upper
Jun 3, 2019
Introduced
Rules suspended. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
TC
Troy Carter
DDemocratic
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