---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/ABUSE: Provides relative to reporting of child abuse and neglect (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CHILDREN/ABUSE: Provides relative to reporting of child abuse and neglect (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 371"
citation: "Louisiana HB 371 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles R. \"Bubba\" Chaney"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1ff7ee3-1ec8-42bc-a41a-f737267725d6"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233783"
source_hash: "fe15b4e2d6b0744dfb332d87abbf6e24d3f2eaad36219ee4ba186cc4ba23d362"
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 371 (2018) — CHILDREN/ABUSE: Provides relative to reporting of child abuse and neglect (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB371 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1071417)
2. **HB371 Act 207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1099063)
3. **HB371 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074962)
4. **HB371 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077133)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1188, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074748)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1207, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074906)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1350, Chaney, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076055)
8. **HB371 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1094533)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#69) — **92–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#799) — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — 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. 207. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-05-02** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-05-01** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/20/18.
- **2018-03-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-14** Reported with amendments (11-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1ff7ee3-1ec8-42bc-a41a-f737267725d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).