CHILDREN: Provides for the prospective and retroactive application of the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
This bill updates Louisiana's Uniform Transfers to Minors Act by clarifying that its rules apply both to new accounts opened in the future and to accounts that already exist. It directly affects parents, guardians, and financial institutions managing funds for minors by ensuring consistent legal treatment for all such accounts regardless of when they were established. The legislation achieves this by amending an existing section to mandate prospective and retroactive application while removing a conflicting previous provision.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Feb 22, 2024
Signed May 23, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 14, 2024 · House Mar 19, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 14, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 17, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Apr 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Mar 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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