{"bill":{"bill_key":"LA-HB737-2010","title":"Provides relative to persons who may petition to adopt","side":"pro","state":"LA","year":2010,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Provides relative to persons who may petition to adopt","notes":"Allows two single persons filing jointly to be adoptive parents; same-sex marriage was not legal in Louisiana during this legislative session","types_str":"Adoption Nondiscrimination","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/LA/bill/HB737/2010","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.B. 737, 2010 Leg., Reg. Sess. (La. 2010), http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/byinst.asp?sessionid=10RS&billid=HB737.","short":"La. H.B. 737."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Walt Leger","party":"D","state":"LA","district":"HD-091","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-5218"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":3074,"pdf_href":"/bills/LA-HB737-2010/pdf/0/intro"}]}}