Louisiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 8 R · 6 D cosponsors

SB 137 — CHILDREN: Creates the Office of the State Child Ombudsman and the state child ombudsman. (8/1/23) (EN +$293,877 GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 325.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2023. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · 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.

  • 20 sponsors

    1 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (8 R · 6 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 325.

  2. Effective date: See Act.

  3. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  6. Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

  8. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  9. Rules suspended.

  10. Called from the calendar.

  11. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  12. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  13. Reported with amendments (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  15. Reported with amendments (8-0-1). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  16. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  17. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  18. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  19. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  20. Reported with amendments.

  21. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  22. Reported favorably.

  23. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  24. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 127 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (127)

127 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

CONCUR (#939)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Republican 14005
Democrat 7000
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith — Yea
White — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Mills, R. — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Cameron Henry Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Not Voting
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1008)

Passed 100 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31001
Republican 48001
Democrat 21003
Total 100005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Huval — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Romero — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Emerson — Yea
White — Yea
Magee — Yea
Willard — Yea
Marino — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Hollis — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Not Voting
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Not Voting
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann 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
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel 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 Not Voting
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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CO-AUTHORS (#333)

Failed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 23 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 4003
Republican 60013
Unaffiliated 6007
Total 160023
% of votes cast 41%0%0%59%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Pope — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Carter — Yea
Smith — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Mr. President — Not Voting
Mills, R. — Not Voting
Peacock — Not Voting
Bernard — Not Voting
Fields — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Milligan — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Not Voting
Cameron Henry Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Franklin J. Foil Republican Not Voting
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#332)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 17002
Democrat 7000
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Fields — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Carter — Yea
White — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Cameron Henry Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine 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 Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 137?
SB 137 is sponsored by Alonzo Knox, Glen Womack (Republican), Gary L. Smith, Jr., Edward J. Price (Democrat), J. Rogers Pope, John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Beth Mizell (Republican), Fred H. Mills, Jr., Patrick McMath (Republican), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Sharon Hewitt, Bob Hensgens (Republican), Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Heather Cloud (Republican), Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Gary Carter (Democrat), Joseph Bouie, Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Regina Barrow (Democrat), and Michael "Big Mike" Fesi (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 137?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 30, 2023. Enacted.
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