---
type: "Bill"
title: "VITAL STATISTICS: Provides relative to certificates of stillbirth"
description: "VITAL STATISTICS: Provides relative to certificates of stillbirth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 177"
citation: "Louisiana HB 177 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Pugh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b7549b5-19f1-4628-b192-b3505f7afdea"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235880"
source_hash: "dd5970205a7b79a70538ab110df175dc24eb6271d7d175411929ed4f08aaf23a"
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 177 (2019) — VITAL STATISTICS: Provides relative to certificates of stillbirth

## Version chain

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

1. **HB177 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1118634)
2. **HB177 Act 100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143278)
3. **HB177 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129740)
4. **HB177 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134004)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1219, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1125473)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #2007, Pugh, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130130)
7. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2408, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137487)
8. **HB177 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140305)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#539) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#276) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#768) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Pugh — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** Effective date: 08/01/2019.
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 100. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-02** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/19.
- **2019-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-28** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-27** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-23** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-22** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-16** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-14** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably (9-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b7549b5-19f1-4628-b192-b3505f7afdea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).