---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDRENS CODE: Revises certain provisions of the Safe Haven Law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CHILDRENS CODE: Revises certain provisions of the Safe Haven Law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 527"
citation: "Louisiana HB 527 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Stagni"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eebf735a-4c40-4605-a76d-70ca036cf957"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233962"
source_hash: "fcc1898f96ddb1f79254d1f285e53a6e87a8315908bd7fb6da7ec7daa3f38c0e"
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 527 (2018) — CHILDRENS CODE: Revises certain provisions of the Safe Haven Law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB527 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1072485)
2. **HB527 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097938)
3. **HB527 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074976)
4. **HB527 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077845)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1191, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074762)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1214, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074912)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1321, Stagni, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1075839)
8. **HB527 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1091964)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#620) — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#75) — **89–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joe Stagni — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-11** Effective date: 08/01/2018.
- **2018-05-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 134. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-01** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2018-04-30** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-04-25** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-04-24** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-26** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/21/18.
- **2018-03-15** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-14** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2018-03-12** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eebf735a-4c40-4605-a76d-70ca036cf957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).