Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 11 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 273 — HUMAN REMAINS:  Provides relative to post-abortion interment or cremation of human remains

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 204.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 47 sponsors

    1 primary, 46 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (11 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 204.

  2. Effective date: 05/15/2018.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  12. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/18.

  15. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  16. Reported with amendments (10-0).

  17. Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  18. Prefiled.

  19. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sponsors

  • Valarie Hodges · Cosponsor
  • Tony Bacala · Cosponsor
  • Taylor F. Barras · Cosponsor
  • Stephanie Hilferty · Cosponsor
  • Reid Falconer · Cosponsor
  • Regina Barrow · Cosponsor
  • Polly Thomas · Cosponsor
  • Mike Huval · Cosponsor
  • Lance Harris · Cosponsor
  • Julie Stokes · Cosponsor
  • Julie Emerson · Cosponsor
  • J. Rogers Pope · Cosponsor
  • H. Bernard LeBas · Cosponsor
  • Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
  • Clay Schexnayder · Cosponsor
  • Chad Brown · Cosponsor
  • Bob Hensgens · Cosponsor
  • Blake Miguez · Cosponsor
  • Frank Hoffmann · Primary
  • Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney · Cosponsor
  • Robert Johnson · Cosponsor
  • Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
  • Mark Abraham · Cosponsor
  • Beryl Amedee · Cosponsor
  • Andy Anders · Cosponsor
  • John A. Johnny Berthelot · Cosponsor
  • Terry Brown · Cosponsor
  • Thomas Carmody · Cosponsor
  • Patrick Connick · Cosponsor
  • Mike Danahay · Cosponsor
  • Paula Davis · Cosponsor
  • Ray Garofalo · Cosponsor
  • Jerry "Truck" Gisclair · Cosponsor
  • John E. "Johnny" Guinn · Cosponsor
  • Jeff Hall · Cosponsor
  • Chris Hazel · Cosponsor
  • Tanner Magee · Cosponsor
  • Jay Morris · Cosponsor
  • Steven E. Pylant · Cosponsor
  • Jerome "Dee" Richard · Cosponsor
  • Malinda White · Cosponsor
  • Mike Walsworth · Cosponsor
  • Nicholas Muscarello · Cosponsor
  • Raymond J. Crews · Cosponsor
  • Steven Jackson · Cosponsor
  • Vincent E. Cox III · Cosponsor
  • Larry A. Bagley · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 46 co-sponsors · 100 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Frank Hoffmann

Co-sponsors (46)

Not signed on (100)

100 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#742)

Passed 31 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20008
Democrat 5000
Republican 6000
Total 31008
% of votes cast 79%0%0%21%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Morrish — Not Voting
Hewitt — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Morrell — Not Voting
Peacock — Yea
White — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Bishop — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
Smith, J. — Not Voting
Perry — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Chabert — Yea
Claitor — Yea
Colomb — Not Voting
Cortez — Yea
Donahue — Yea
Erdey — Not Voting
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Appel — Yea
Gatti — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#358)

Passed 95 Yea · 1 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 25000
Unaffiliated 59107
Democrat 11002
Total 95109
% of votes cast 90%1%0%9%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Hoffmann — Yea
Howard — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Yea
Jones — Yea
Leger — Not Voting
Leopold — Yea
Marino — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Havard — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Henry — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Huval — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Smith — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
White — Yea
Hill — Not Voting
LeBas — Yea
Norton — Nay
Cromer — Not Voting
Shadoin — Not Voting
Abramson — Not Voting
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Armes — Not Voting
Bagneris — Not Voting
Berthelot — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 273?
HB 273 is sponsored by Valarie Hodges (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Taylor F. Barras, Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Reid Falconer, Regina Barrow (Democrat), Polly Thomas (Republican), Mike Huval, Lance Harris, Julie Stokes, Julie Emerson, J. Rogers Pope, H. Bernard LeBas, Dodie Horton (Republican), Clay Schexnayder, Chad Brown, Bob Hensgens (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Frank Hoffmann, Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney, Robert Johnson, Joe Stagni, Mark Abraham, Beryl Amedee, Andy Anders, John A. Johnny Berthelot, Terry Brown, Thomas Carmody, Patrick Connick, Mike Danahay, Paula Davis, Ray Garofalo, Jerry "Truck" Gisclair, John E. "Johnny" Guinn, Jeff Hall, Chris Hazel, Tanner Magee, Jay Morris, Steven E. Pylant, Jerome "Dee" Richard, Malinda White, Mike Walsworth, Nicholas Muscarello (Republican), Raymond J. Crews (Republican), Steven Jackson (Democrat), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), and Larry A. Bagley (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 273?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 28, 2018. Enacted.
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