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Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
HCASB435 4311 4948 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session Amendments proposed by House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to Engrossed Senate Bill No.
435 BY SENATORS MYERS, BARROW, BOUDREAUX, CATHEY, CONNICK, DUPLESSIS, HENRY, MIZELL, MORRIS, PRICE, SELDERS AND TALBOT AND REPRESENTATIVES BEAULLIEU, BILLINGS, BOYD, CHASSION, FARNUM, KNOX, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, THOMAS, WALTERS AND WYBLE AN ACT To enact Subpart C of Part II of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
435 by Senator Myers AMENDMENT NO.
46:261, relative to the Louisiana Commission on Fatherhood Engagement;
1 On page 2, delete line 21 and insert "engagement appointed by the governor." AMENDMENT NO.
to establish the commission within the office of the governor;
2 On page 2, at the end of line 23, delete "parishes." and insert "parishes appointed by the governor." AMENDMENT NO.
to provide for the membership, powers, and duties of the commission;
3 On page 2, at the end of line 28, delete "representative." and insert "representative appointed by the governor." AMENDMENT NO.
to provideforinteragencycooperation;toprovideforaterminationdate;andtoprovide for related matters.
4 On page 3, delete lines 18 and 19 and insert the following:
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
"G.(1) The director of early childhood systems in the office of the governor shall call the first meeting of the commission.
Section 1.
(2) The commission shall elect a chairperson from among its members in every even-numbered year." AMENDMENT NO.
5 On page 3, at the end of line 24, delete "commission." and insert "commission pursuant toSenateConcurrentResolutionNo.9ofthe2025RegularSessionoftheLegislature." AMENDMENT NO.
6 Onpage4,line12,after"the"andbefore"period"delete"prenatal"andinsert"perinatal" AMENDMENT NO.
7 On page 4, at the end of line 27, delete "2031." and insert "2030." AMENDMENT NO.
8 On page 4, after line 27 insert the following:
"Section 2.
46:261, is hereby enacted to read as follows:
SUBPART C.
FATHERHOOD ENGAGEMENT §261.
Louisiana Commission on Fatherhood Engagement A.
There is hereby established within the office of the governor, the Louisiana Commission on Fatherhood Engagement, hereafter referred to as the "commission".
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The commission shall be comprised of the following members:
(1) The director of earlychildhood systems in the office of the governor.
(2) The executive director of the Louisiana Children's Cabinet, or his designee.
(3) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, or his designee.
(4) The superintendent of the Louisiana Department of Education, or his designee.
(5) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or his designee.
(6) The director of the bureau of family health within the Louisiana Department of Health, or his designee.
(7) The secretaryof Louisiana Works, or his designee.
(8) A member of the Senate appointed bythe president of the Senate.
(9) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.
(10) A representative from the Louisiana Supreme Court.
(11) The director of the Louisiana Head Start Collaboration.
(12)ThechiefexecutiveofficeroftheLouisianaPolicyInstituteforChildren, or his designee.
(13) A family court judge appointed by the governor.
(14) A representative of a faith community that promotes fatherhood engagement appointed by the governor.
(15) A representative from a parenting education organization that works in multiple parishes appointed by the governor.
(16) One representative each from an organization that provides fatherhood programs in each of the nine public health regions of the state.
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If there is no organization that provides fatherhood programs in anyregion, this position shall be filled by a father who is a community leader or an additional faith-based representative appointed bythe governor.
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A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum forthetransactionofbusiness,andallofficialactionofthecommissionshallrequire the favorable vote of a majorityof those members present and voting.
D.
Members appointed to the commission shall serve two-year terms.
The directors, secretaries, and superintendents, or their designees shall serve on the commission until they cease to be a director, secretary, or superintendent.
Each member shall serve on the commission from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed.
Members maybe reappointed.
E.Vacanciesshallbefilledinthesamemannerastheoriginalappointments.
Anymemberappointed to fill a vacancyoccurringprior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall serve on the commission for the remainderofthatterm.A member shall continue to serve on the commission subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor is appointed.
F.
Members shall serve without compensation but shall be eligible for reimbursement for necessaryexpenses.
G.(1) The director of early childhood systems in the office of the governor shall call the first meeting of the commission.
(2) The commission shall elect a chairperson from among its members in every even-numbered year.
H.
The duties of the commission shall include but not belimitedtoall of the following:
(1) Implementing the recommendations made by the Task Force on Fatherhood Engagement and all ensuing recommendations developed and approved by the commission pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No.
9 of the 2025 Regular Session of the Legislature.
(2) Raising awareness of the importance of fathers' engagement in the livesoftheirchildren,resourcesandsupportavailabletoLouisianafathers,and the challenges and barriers facing Louisiana fathers.
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435 ENROLLED and assist in the creation or expansion of initiatives that do the following:
(a) Promote responsible fatherhood.
(b) Build the parenting and co-parenting skills of fathers.
(c) Provide employment-related services for low-income fathers.
(d) Provide services to fathers who are incarcerated or have been recently released from incarceration to allow them to maintain or reestablish their relationships with their families.
(e) Reconcile fathers with their families.
(f) Provide support for effective fatherhood programming across state agencies.
(g) Improve data collection and usage on fathers and fatherhood engagement across agencies.
(h) Improve support for fathers during the perinatal period.
(i)Assistfatherswithminorchildreninaddressingbarrierstoaccessing and maintaining stable housing.
(j)Improvepoliciesandpracticestoensurefairandequalopportunities for fathers in child custody, visitation, and family court proceedings.
(k) Increase public awareness of the critical role fathers play.
(4) Organizing a state summit on fatherhood at least once every four years.
(5) Reporting annually on the commission's expectations for the outcomes of fatherhood-related programs and initiatives and the methods the commission uses for conducting annual measures of those outcomes.
(6) Submitting a comprehensive report to the legislature annually with afundingrequestforfatherhoodprogramsthatareoverseenbythecommission and allocated to community organizations to support programs and services aligned with the commission's intent and purpose.
I.
The provisions of this Section shall terminate on January 1, 2030.
Section 2.
Subpart C of Part II of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of R.S.
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Section 3.(A) This Section and Section 1 of this Act shall become effective August 1, 2026.
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435 ENROLLED Section3.(A)ThisSectionandSection1ofthisActshallbecomeeffectiveAugust1, 2026.
(B) Section 2 of this Act shall become effective January 1, 2030.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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