---
type: "Bill"
title: "FAMILY LAW: Provides for the filiation of a child"
description: "FAMILY LAW: Provides for the filiation of a child"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 147"
citation: "Louisiana HB 147 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Dwight"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a27f3013-6773-4ee9-8428-850f93a6f73e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233356"
source_hash: "cd57b8c2b455757ab237f739a0b893d46eaa4696570cb88021317f0dbb8343db"
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 147 (2018) — FAMILY LAW: Provides for the filiation of a child

## Version chain

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

1. **HB147 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1067343)
2. **HB147 Act 21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1094241)
3. **HB147 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1079008)
4. **HB147 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1082444)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2066, Dwight, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080853)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2077, Crews, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080972)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2792, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1087669)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3428, Gatti, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1091484)
9. **HB147 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093050)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#719) — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
- AMENDMENT # 3428 BY GATTI, HB 147 BY DWIGHT (#664) — **36–1** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#665) — **37–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#216) — **95–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Stephen Dwight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-07** Effective date: 05/07/18.
- **2018-05-07** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 21. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2018-05-03** Rules suspended.
- **2018-05-01** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-05-01** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-19** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-18** Reported with amendments.
- **2018-04-05** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-03** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/03/18.
- **2018-03-27** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-26** Reported favorably (7-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `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/a27f3013-6773-4ee9-8428-850f93a6f73e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).