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Rights, restrictions & the places between.
LA SB237 (2026)
Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Anti-LGBTQ+
Summary
Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (RR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Becomes Act No. 960 without the Governor's signature.
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
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Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Engrossed text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Engrossed text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Engrossed text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Enrolled text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Chaptered text at legis.la.gov(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. | |
| Senate | Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. | |
| Senate | Reported with amendments. | |
| Senate | Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance. | |
| Senate | Reported with amendments. | |
| Senate | Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. | |
| Senate | Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. | |
| House | Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. | |
| House | Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. | |
| House | Reported with amendments (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. | |
| House | Rules suspended. | |
| House | Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. | |
| House | Reported with amendments (10-9). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. | |
| House | Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. | |
| House | Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. | |
| House | Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026. | |
| House | Read by title, returned to the calendar. | |
| House | By a vote of 89 yeas, 1 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day. | |
| Senate | Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day. | |
| Senate | Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. | |
| House | Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day. | |
| House | Called from the calendar. | |
| House | Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. | |
| Senate | Received from the House with amendments. | |
| Senate | Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays. | |
| Senate | Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026. | |
| House | Signed by the Speaker of the House. | |
| Senate | Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026. | |
| Senate | Becomes Act No. 960 without the Governor's signature. | |
| Senate | Effective date 6/22/2026. |
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