Louisiana 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 240 — HEALTH/LDH: Authorizes the Louisiana Department of Health office of behavioral health to conduct reviews of deaths of persons served by the office

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 77.

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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 26, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • 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. 77.

  2. Effective date: 06/05/20.

  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. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 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. Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

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

  12. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/20.

  14. Reported favorably (15-0).

  15. Rules suspended.

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

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

  18. Prefiled.

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

Sponsors

  • Jason Hughes · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Jason Hughes

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.

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 (#347)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16001
Democrat 5001
Republican 16000
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
Ward — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Peterson — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#18)

Passed 92 Yea · 1 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 15006
Republican 45100
Unaffiliated 32006
Total 921012
% of votes cast 88%1%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
McKnight — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Brown — Yea
Henry — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Romero — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Huval — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Jones — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Landry — Yea
Dwight — Yea
White — Yea
Magee — Yea
Willard — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Marino — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Hollis — Not Voting
Bagala — Not Voting
James — Not Voting
Jefferson — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Not Voting
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Not Voting
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Nay
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Who sponsors HB 240?
HB 240 is sponsored by Jason Hughes.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2020. Enacted.
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