---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Provides for a neonatal opiate withdrawal syndrome pilot project to improve outcomes associated with neonatal abstinence syndrome"
description: "CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Provides for a neonatal opiate withdrawal syndrome pilot project to improve outcomes associated with neonatal abstinence syndrome"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 658"
citation: "Louisiana HB 658 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Leger, III"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-02"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa956b3c-74b4-4b90-b522-8ac844178bdc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234157"
source_hash: "132fdb2c0193f35a2bde9532b8184ff92af4ea51a8b59f992546ed9cbac2e3c1"
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 658 (2018) — CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Provides for a neonatal opiate withdrawal syndrome pilot project to improve outcomes associated with neonatal abstinence syndrome

## Version chain

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

1. **HB658 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1073200)
2. **HB658 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097992)
3. **HB658 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077622)
4. **HB658 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1080870)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1435, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1076670)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1538, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077547)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1394, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1077956)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2888, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1088054)
9. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2985, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1088722)
10. **HB658 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093828)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#788) — **90–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#189) — **93–0** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#541) — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Walt Leger, III — 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. 174. `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** Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2018-05-07** Called from the calendar.
- **2018-05-07** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/07/18.
- **2018-04-26** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2018-04-25** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. 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** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2018-04-03** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2018-03-29** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/29/18.
- **2018-03-22** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-03-21** Reported with amendments (14-0).
- **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/aa956b3c-74b4-4b90-b522-8ac844178bdc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).