CHILDRENS CODE: Provides relative to a child in need of care
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HB 184 — CHILDRENS CODE: Provides relative to a child in need of care
Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 226.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2023. Enacted.
Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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11 sponsors
1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (4 R · 3 D) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
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Read HB 184 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 226.
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Effective date: 08/01/2023.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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Called from the calendar.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/24/2023.
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Reported with amendments (14-0-1).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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Prefiled.
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Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/24/2023.
Sponsors
- Mike Johnson · Cosponsor
- Patrick O. Jefferson · Cosponsor
- Valarie Hodges · Cosponsor
- Ray Garofalo · Cosponsor
- Julie Emerson · Cosponsor
- Michael Charles Echols · Cosponsor
- Wilford Carter Sr. · Cosponsor
- Delisha Boyd · Cosponsor
- Beryl Amedée · Cosponsor
- Larry Frieman · Primary
- Alonzo L. Knox · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Larry Frieman
Co-sponsors (10)
- Mike Johnson Republican
- Patrick O. Jefferson
- Valarie Hodges Republican
- Ray Garofalo
- Julie Emerson
- Michael Charles Echols Republican
- Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat
- Delisha Boyd Democrat
- Beryl Amedée Republican
- Alonzo L. Knox Democrat
Not signed on (136)
136 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 136 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
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 |
| Milligan | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Mills, F. | — | Yea |
| Mills, R. | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Not Voting |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 102 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| McKnight | — | Yea |
| Frieman | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Not Voting |
| Mincey | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Goudeau | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Cormier | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| 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 | Yea |
| 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 184?
- HB 184 is sponsored by Mike Johnson (Republican), Patrick O. Jefferson, Valarie Hodges (Republican), Ray Garofalo, Julie Emerson, Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Larry Frieman, and Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat).
- What is the current status of HB 184?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2023. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB 184?
- Track HB 184 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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