---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORONERS: Provides for the release of a body for disposition by a coroner."
description: "CORONERS: Provides for the release of a body for disposition by a coroner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Louisiana SB 147 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Franklin J. Foil"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-25"
last_action: "2020-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df9844a7-fe83-4101-8ca6-762163afb489"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=237751"
source_hash: "f92a44130b8cae269347c8a69728f9159ef9b4e3e8c2a56eb3d9a001c10814f8"
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 147 (2020) — CORONERS: Provides for the release of a body for disposition by a coroner.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB147 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1159378)
2. **SB147 Act 114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1181340)
3. **SB147 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169703)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #948, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1169394)
5. **SB147 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1177003)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#522) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#101) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Franklin J. Foil — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-09** Effective date 8/1/2020.
- **2020-06-09** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 114. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-31** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-05-28** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2020-05-28** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0.. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/28/20.
- **2020-05-22** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-13** Received in the House from the Senate, rules suspended, read by title, referred to the Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-07** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-03-09** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df9844a7-fe83-4101-8ca6-762163afb489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).