---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABORTION: Prohibits the abortion of an unborn human being with a detectable heartbeat. (See Act)"
description: "ABORTION: Prohibits the abortion of an unborn human being with a detectable heartbeat. (See Act)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "Louisiana SB 184 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Milkovich"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-27"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7f95e46-9383-4cac-bef2-fc84fcf25266"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236316"
source_hash: "dd6281096cff5a6fe414810106979bf96842da776965ef810e4841668f921701"
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 SB 184 (2019) — ABORTION: Prohibits the abortion of an unborn human being with a detectable heartbeat. (See Act)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB184 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122025)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3211, Jackson, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138957)
3. **House Floor Amendment, #3322, Smith, P., Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138272)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3332, James, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138349)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3414, Bagneris, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139092)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3416, Stokes, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139119)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3421, Crews, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139134)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #3425, Billiot, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139143)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #3428, Crews, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139156)
10. **SB184 Act 31** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140119)
11. **SB184 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129067)
12. **SB184 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1131516)
13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1273, JUDC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1129014)
14. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1449, Milkovich, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130213)
15. **SB184 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139272)

## Votes

- AMENDMENT # 3414 BY BAGNERIS, MOTION TO ADOPT (#659) — **24–76** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#661) — **79–23** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 3332 BY JAMES, MOTION TO ADOPT (#658) — **35–67** (fail) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#244) — **15–1** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#243) — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 3416 BY STOKES, MOTION TO ADOPT (#660) — **34–67** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Milkovich — primary (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Anders — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Erdey — cosponsor (person)
- Danny Martiny — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Frankie Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Long — cosponsor (person)
- H. Bernard LeBas — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- James R. Fannin — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome "Dee" Richard — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Morris — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- John R. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Walsworth — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Norby Chabert — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Hollis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Gatti — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor F. Barras — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Carmody — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-30** Effective date: See Act.
- **2019-05-30** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 31. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-30** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-30** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-29** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2019-05-29** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 79, nays 23. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-20** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-06** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 5 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-30** Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7f95e46-9383-4cac-bef2-fc84fcf25266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).