HEALTH: Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to provide statistical information regarding women's health
This legislative resolution directs the Louisiana Department of Health to submit a written report on women's health statistics to the state legislature by February 1, 2025. The requested data covers outcomes such as full-term pregnancies, miscarriages, stillbirths, and maternal mortality, along with costs, infection rates, and domestic violence statistics for pregnant women over the past two years. Although the bill was passed by the House committee, it was ultimately rejected by the full House of Representatives during a vote on May 30, 2024.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Failed
May 2024
Governor
Introduced May 22, 2024
Last action May 30, 2024
Floor votes · House May 30, 2024
How they voted
39–50
Failed · 13 other
Total votes 102
May 30, 2024
D
Democratic32
87% Yea
R
Republican70
71% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
2
May 30, 2024
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (39-50-13)
house
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Discharged from the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
May 22, 2024
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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