---
type: "Bill"
title: "MENTAL HEALTH: Provides limitations on diagnosing of the disorder commonly known as \"Munchausen syndrome by proxy\", and on initiation of child welfare proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
description: "MENTAL HEALTH: Provides limitations on diagnosing of the disorder commonly known as \"Munchausen syndrome by proxy\", and on initiation of child welfare proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 145"
citation: "Louisiana HB 145 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenny Cox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92fbb1f2-7b4e-439a-826d-ea6c97838866"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233354"
source_hash: "8f25f28dd755c436a5518802b5ed812c1609f3400574644e92a31ae58622f29d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 145 (2018) — MENTAL HEALTH: Provides limitations on diagnosing of the disorder commonly known as "Munchausen syndrome by proxy", and on initiation of child welfare proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD EX See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB145 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1067341)
2. **HB145 Act 193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099049)
3. **HB145 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080153)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1305, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1075672)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1880, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080099)
6. **HB145 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093971)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#247) — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#741) — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kenny Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 193. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-07** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-26** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
- **2018-04-05** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-04** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/18.
- **2018-03-29** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-28** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92fbb1f2-7b4e-439a-826d-ea6c97838866`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).