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IntroducedFeb 20, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 31, 2026
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Passed SenateMay 18, 2026
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Became LawMay 29, 2026
Louisiana House Bill
HEALTH: Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet Advisory Board
Last Action See all actions
House • May 29, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 246
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Sponsors
Votes
YES: 101
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Edmonston
- McCormick
- Adams
- Egan
- McFarland
- Amedee
- Farnum
- McMahen
- Bacala
- Firment
- McMakin
- Bagley
- Fisher
- Melerine
- Bamburg
- Fontenot
- Mena
- Bayham
- Freeman
- Miller
- Beaullieu
- Freiberg
- Moore
- Berault
- Gadberry
- Murray
- Billings
- Galle
- Muscarello
- Boudreaux
- Geymann
- Newell
- Bourriaque
- Glorioso
- Orgeron
- Boyd
- Green
- Owen
- Boyer
- Hebert
- Phelps
- Brass
- Henry, C.
- Riser
- Braud
- Henry, D.
- Sawyer
- Broussard
- Hilferty
- Schamerhorn
- Bryant
- Horton
- Schlegel
- Butler
- Illg
- St. Blanc
- Carlson
- Jackson
- Stagni
- Carpenter
- Johnson, M.
- Tarver
- Carrier
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Carter, W.
- Kerner
- Thompson
- Chassion
- LaCombe
- Turner
- Chenevert
- LaFleur
- Ventrella
- Coates
- Landry, J.
- Villio
- Cox
- Landry, M.
- Walters
- Crews
- Landry, T.
- Wilder
- Deshotel
- Larvadain
- Wiley
- Dewitt
- Lyons
- Wright
- Dickerson
- Mack
- Wyble
- Domangue
- Marcelle
- Zeringue
- Echols
- Martinez
NO: 0
YES: 100
- Adams
- Farnum
- McMakin
- Amedee
- Firment
- Melerine
- Bacala
- Fisher
- Mena
- Bamburg
- Fontenot
- Miller
- Beaullieu
- Freeman
- Moore
- Berault
- Freiberg
- Murray
- Billings
- Gadberry
- Muscarello
- Boudreaux
- Galle
- Newell
- Bourriaque
- Geymann
- Orgeron
- Boyd
- Glorioso
- Owen
- Boyer
- Green
- Phelps
- Brass
- Hebert
- Riser
- Braud
- Henry, C.
- Sawyer
- Broussard
- Henry, D.
- Schamerhorn
- Bryant
- Hilferty
- Schlegel
- Butler
- Horton
- Spell
- Carlson
- Illg
- St. Blanc
- Carpenter
- Jackson
- Stagni
- Carrier
- Johnson, M.
- Tarver
- Carter, R.
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carter, W.
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Carver
- Kerner
- Thompson
- Chassion
- Knox
- Turner
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Ventrella
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Villio
- Cox
- Landry, T.
- Walters
- Crews
- Larvadain
- Wilder
- Deshotel
- Lyons
- Wiley
- Dewitt
- Mack
- Wright
- Dickerson
- Marcelle
- Wyble
- Domangue
- Martinez
- Young
- Echols
- McCormick
- Zeringue
- Edmonston
- McFarland
- Egan
- McMahen
NO: 0
Actions
- May 29, 2026 | House
- Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 537.
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 28, 2026 | House
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 27, 2026 | Senate
- Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 27, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 26, 2026 | House
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 25, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
- May 19, 2026 | House
- Received from the Senate with amendments.
- May 18, 2026 | Senate
- Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 11, 2026 | Senate
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 07, 2026 | Senate
- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 06, 2026 | Senate
- Reported with amendments.
- 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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, 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 (11-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 20, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
Bill Texts
- HB246 OriginalPDF
- HB246 EngrossedPDF
- HB246 ReengrossedPDF
- HB246 EnrolledPDF
- HB246 Act 537PDF
- House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1376, Horton, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #3043, H&W, DraftPDF
- Senate Committee Amendment, #3306, H&W, AdoptedPDF
- Senate Floor Amendment, #3666, Boudreaux, Gerald, AdoptedPDF

