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HB 37 Louisiana House · 2021 Regular Session

ADOPTION: Provides for uniform post-placement functions associated with agency adoptions and private adoptions (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 1, 2021 Signed Jun 1, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 12, 2021 · House Apr 15, 2021

How they voted

28–0
Passed
Total votes 28
May 12, 2021
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican18
18 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Jun 1, 2021
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 6.
lower
May 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 12, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
May 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 5, 2021
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 4, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Introduced
Reported with amendments (15-0-1).
lower
Apr 12, 2021
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 44 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Tony Bacala
Tony Bacala
RRepublican
LA
59
Co
Photo of Barbara Freiberg
Barbara Freiberg
RRepublican
LA
70
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
LA
51
Co
Photo of Bryan Fontenot
Bryan Fontenot
RRepublican
LA
55
Co
Photo of Chuck Owen
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
LA
30
Co
Photo of Danny McCormick
Danny McCormick
RRepublican
LA
1
Co
Photo of Debbie Villio
Debbie Villio
RRepublican
LA
79
Co
Photo of Denise Marcelle
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
LA
61
Co
Photo of Dodie Horton
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
LA
9
Co
Photo of Eddie Lambert
Eddie Lambert
RRepublican
LA
18
Co
EC
Edward C. "Ted" James, II
DDemocratic
LA
101