Louisiana 2019 Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 254 — CHILDREN/CUSTODY: Provides relative to an award of custody to a person other than a parent

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

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Rules suspended.

  2. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

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

  4. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  5. Reported with amendments.

  6. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

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

  8. Called from the calendar.

  9. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  10. Called from the calendar.

  11. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  12. Notice removed

  13. Notice given.

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/19.

  15. Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.

  16. Notice given.

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/30/19.

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

  19. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/19.

  20. Reported with amendments (6-0).

  21. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  22. Prefiled.

  23. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

Sponsors

  • III Walt Leger · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Walt Leger, III

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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.

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Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#174)

Passed 97 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55005
Republican 27002
Democrat 15001
Total 97008
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Henry — Yea
James — Yea
LeBas — Yea
Leger — Yea
Magee — Not Voting
Marino — Yea
Glover — Yea
Guinn — Yea
Leopold — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Abramson — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Anders — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hoffmann — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Moss — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Howard — Yea
Huval — Yea
Brown, C. — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Norton — Yea
Pearson — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Pope — Yea
Pylant — Yea
Carter, S. — Yea
Schexnayder — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bagneris — Yea
Billiot — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carmody — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Johnson, R. — Yea
Jones — Not Voting
DuBuisson — Yea
Landry, N. — Yea
White — Yea
Brown, T. — Not Voting
Richard — Not Voting
Davis — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Simon — Not Voting
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Stokes — Yea
Pugh — Yea
Armes — Yea
Berthelot — Yea
Chaney — Yea
Dwight — Yea
Falconer — Yea
Franklin — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Gisclair — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Christopher Turner 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
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

civil-rights education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 254?
HB 254 is sponsored by Walt Leger, III.
What is the current status of HB 254?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 254?
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