---
type: "Bill"
title: "TEACHERS: Provides relative to the training requirements of certain mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect"
description: "TEACHERS: Provides relative to the training requirements of certain mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "Louisiana HB 474 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aimee Adatto Freeman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-28"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53336d3f-6376-47e8-8232-d1179a82b401"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238190"
source_hash: "199027f0be0cc774aeb023058dda23e34f2e1da7dfb57b714ed2b2063489e5e8"
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 474 (2020) — TEACHERS: Provides relative to the training requirements of certain mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect

## Version chain

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

1. **HB474 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1163041)
2. **HB474 Act 272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182349)
3. **HB474 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174088)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2238, EDUC, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173948)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2255, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1174047)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2181, EDUC, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176937)
7. **HB474 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178577)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#406) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#530) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#697) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aimee Adatto Freeman — primary (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 272. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-28** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported with amendments (12-0).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53336d3f-6376-47e8-8232-d1179a82b401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).