---
type: "Bill"
title: "HUMAN REMAINS: Provides relative to post-abortion interment or cremation of human remains"
description: "HUMAN REMAINS: Provides relative to post-abortion interment or cremation of human remains"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Louisiana HB 273 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Hoffmann"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/515c7629-6baf-4cfd-9757-bd80e01fdebf"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233578"
source_hash: "807fa0574d01f2e872710bc36fecf64afb0218d83e38230a475a608cad79e543"
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 273 (2018) — HUMAN REMAINS: Provides relative to post-abortion interment or cremation of human remains

## Version chain

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

1. **HB273 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1070015)
2. **HB273 Act 204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099060)
3. **HB273 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1082941)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2086, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1081028)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2226, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1082853)
6. **HB273 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1094007)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#358) — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#742) — **31–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frank Hoffmann — primary (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Hazel — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Danahay — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-15** Effective date: 05/15/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 204. `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 31 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.
- **2018-04-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-04-10** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/10/18.
- **2018-04-05** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-04** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/515c7629-6baf-4cfd-9757-bd80e01fdebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).