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IntroducedFeb 19, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 31, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
SUNSET LAW: Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 07, 2026: Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Summary
Comments on HB 223
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Votes
YES: 99
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Echols
- Marcelle
- Adams
- Edmonston
- Martinez
- Amedee
- Egan
- McCormick
- Bacala
- Farnum
- McFarland
- Bamburg
- Firment
- McMahen
- Bayham
- Fisher
- McMakin
- Beaullieu
- Fontenot
- Melerine
- Berault
- Freeman
- Mena
- Billings
- Freiberg
- Miller
- Boudreaux
- Gadberry
- Moore
- Bourriaque
- Galle
- Murray
- Boyd
- Geymann
- Muscarello
- Boyer
- Glorioso
- Newell
- Brass
- Green
- Owen
- Braud
- Hebert
- Phelps
- Broussard
- Henry, C.
- Riser
- Bryant
- Henry, D.
- Sawyer
- Butler
- Hilferty
- Schamerhorn
- Carlson
- Horton
- Schlegel
- Carpenter
- Illg
- St. Blanc
- Carrier
- Jackson
- Stagni
- Carter, R.
- Johnson, M.
- Tarver
- Carter, W.
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carver
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Chassion
- Kerner
- Thompson
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Turner
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Ventrella
- Cox
- Landry, J.
- Villio
- Crews
- Landry, M.
- Wilder
- Deshotel
- Landry, T.
- Wiley
- Dewitt
- Larvadain
- Wright
- Dickerson
- Lyons
- Wyble
- Domangue
- Mack
- Zeringue
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 07, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Apr 01, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 31, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 30, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (10-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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