HEALTH/LDH: Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health office of behavioral health to conduct reviews of deaths of persons served by the office
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
May 2020
Senate Passage
May 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Feb 26, 2020
Signed Jun 5, 2020
Floor votes · Senate May 26, 2020 · House May 7, 2020
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 30
May 26, 2020
D
Democratic9
77% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jun 5, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 77.
lower
May 27, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate without amendments.
lower
May 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 20, 2020
Committee
Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 12, 2020
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
May 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (15-0).
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
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