---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABORTION: Revises the definition of abortion"
description: "ABORTION: Revises the definition of abortion"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 133"
citation: "Louisiana HB 133 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Hoffmann"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-25"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41aa44a6-89b6-4eb7-baf3-0783940acd2f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235811"
source_hash: "d1d8f26354f559eab61f7c07c052a5a395cd333d7b9e9a28705522bfe9e7ff9d"
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 133 (2019) — ABORTION: Revises the definition of abortion

## Version chain

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

1. **HB133 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1117759)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #3415, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1141348)
3. **HB133 Act 376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144611)
4. **HB133 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127383)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2242, Walsworth, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136348)
6. **HB133 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143358)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#644) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1000) — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#436) — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#164) — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TO ADOPT (#1004) — **89–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank Hoffmann — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Erdey — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Pearson — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Reid Falconer — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Dwight — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart Moss — 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.

- **2019-06-20** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 376. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-05** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 32 yeas and 5 nays.
- **2019-06-05** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2019-06-05** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 89, nays 1. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2019-06-04** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/19.
- **2019-06-04** Conference committee report received.
- **2019-06-04** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
- **2019-06-03** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2019-06-03** Senate conference committee members appointed: Mills, Barrow, and Walsworth.
- **2019-05-31** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2019-05-31** House conferees appointed: Hoffmann, Pope, and Chaney.
- **2019-05-29** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-21** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 4 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-16** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-07** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-06** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/19.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41aa44a6-89b6-4eb7-baf3-0783940acd2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).