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IntroducedFeb 19, 2026
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Passed SenateApr 13, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 28, 2026
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Became LawApr 30, 2026
Louisiana Senate Bill
CHILDREN: Provides for testimony of medical experts in child custody and in need of care cases. (8/1/26)
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Senate • Apr 30, 2026: Effective date 8/1/2026.
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Summary
Comments on SB 66
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Sponsors



- Ed Larvadain IIIcosponsor
Votes
YES: 94
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Edmonston
- Martinez
- Adams
- Egan
- McCormick
- Amedee
- Farnum
- McMahen
- Bagley
- Firment
- McMakin
- Bamburg
- Fisher
- Melerine
- Bayham
- Fontenot
- Mena
- Beaullieu
- Freeman
- Miller
- Berault
- Freiberg
- Moore
- Billings
- Gadberry
- Murray
- Boudreaux
- Galle
- Muscarello
- Bourriaque
- Geymann
- Orgeron
- Boyd
- Glorioso
- Owen
- Boyer
- Green
- Phelps
- Brass
- Hebert
- Riser
- Braud
- Henry, C.
- Sawyer
- Broussard
- Henry, D.
- Schamerhorn
- Bryant
- Horton
- Schlegel
- Butler
- Illg
- Spell
- Carlson
- Jackson
- St. Blanc
- Carpenter
- Johnson, M.
- Stagni
- Carrier
- Johnson, T.
- Tarver
- Carver
- Jordan
- Taylor
- Chassion
- Kerner
- Thomas
- 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
- Echols
- Marcelle
NO: 0
Actions
- Apr 30, 2026 | Senate
- Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 9.
- Effective date 8/1/2026.
- Apr 29, 2026 | Senate
- Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
- Apr 29, 2026 | House
- Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- Apr 29, 2026 | Senate
- Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Apr 28, 2026 | Senate
- Received from the House without amendments.
- Apr 28, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026 | House
- Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
- Apr 23, 2026 | House
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- Apr 22, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (6-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 14, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- Apr 13, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 08, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 07, 2026 | Senate
- Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
