Louisiana 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 3 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 577 — VITAL STATISTICS:  Provides relative to disclosure of certain vital records to organ procurement organizations

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 98.

  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 March 02, 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.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (3 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 98.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2018.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  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 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/29/18.

  16. Reported with amendments (13-0).

  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

  • III Walt Leger · Primary
  • Julie Stokes · Cosponsor
  • H. Bernard LeBas · Cosponsor
  • Dodie Horton · Cosponsor
  • Bob Hensgens · Cosponsor
  • Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney · Cosponsor
  • Jerome "Dee" Richard · Cosponsor
  • Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
  • Larry A. Bagley · Cosponsor
  • Steven Jackson · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Walt Leger, III

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (137)

137 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 (#538)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 6000
Democrat 5000
Unaffiliated 24004
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Long — Yea
Martiny — Yea
Milkovich — Yea
Mills — Yea
Morrish — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Johns — Yea
Mr. President — Yea
Morrell — Not Voting
Bishop — Yea
Smith, G. — Yea
Smith, J. — Yea
Carter — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Perry — Yea
White — Yea
Fannin — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Colomb — Not Voting
Donahue — Not Voting
Erdey — Yea
Walsworth — Yea
Ward — Yea
Appel — Yea
Chabert — Yea
Claitor — Yea
Cortez — Yea
Gatti — Not Voting
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

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#187)

Passed 90 Yea · 0 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 59009
Democrat 9003
Republican 22002
Total 900014
% of votes cast 87%0%0%13%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Jones — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Hall — Yea
Havard — Yea
Hazel — Yea
Henry — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Hill — Not Voting
Hoffmann — Yea
Leger — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Moreno — Not Voting
Brown, C. — Yea
Brown, T. — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Not Voting
Cromer — Not Voting
Norton — Not Voting
Pearson — Not Voting
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Howard — Yea
Smith — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Huval — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
White — Yea
James — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Danahay — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Richard — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Shadoin — Yea
Simon — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Thibaut — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Armes — Not Voting
Bagneris — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Not Voting
Garofalo — Not Voting
Gisclair — Yea
Glover — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
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
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
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 577?
HB 577 is sponsored by Walt Leger, III, Julie Stokes, H. Bernard LeBas, Dodie Horton (Republican), Bob Hensgens (Republican), Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney, Jerome "Dee" Richard, Joe Stagni, Larry A. Bagley (Republican), and Steven Jackson (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 577?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 02, 2018. Enacted.
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