HB 272 Louisiana House · 2022 Regular Session

FAMILY LAW: Provides for mental health evaluations in divorce and child custody proceedings

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2022 Last action Jun 3, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2022 · House Jun 1, 2022

How they voted

32–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 37
May 31, 2022
D Democratic11
7 Yea 4
63% Yea
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jun 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 31, 2022
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
May 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 25, 2022
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 24, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 14, 2022
Committee
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
upper
Apr 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-2-1).
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Patrick O. Jefferson
Patrick O. Jefferson
DDemocratic
LA
11