CHILDREN: Provides relative to protections for foster children. (gov sig)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Signed into Law
May 2022
Introduced Feb 18, 2022
Signed May 25, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2022 · House May 17, 2022
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 33
Apr 11, 2022
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
3
May 25, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 120.
upper
May 17, 2022
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 5, 2022
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 4, 2022
Committee
Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 12, 2022
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 6, 2022
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Mar 14, 2022
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Patrick McMath
RRepublican
Co
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Jay Luneau
DDemocratic
Co
Regina Barrow
DDemocratic
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