---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides for administrative rules relative to visitation of nursing home and assisted living facility residents during a public health emergency (Item #59)"
description: "HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides for administrative rules relative to visitation of nursing home and assisted living facility residents during a public health emergency (Item #59)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 43"
citation: "Louisiana HB 43 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Bacala"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-09-28"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eb9412f-74a4-43bc-8052-150e79d0753c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239494"
source_hash: "7e50e8c0c09759f8d927360fa5174fb2757927dfa2ab011e774b8d85a1f8dd90"
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 43 (2020s2) — HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides for administrative rules relative to visitation of nursing home and assisted living facility residents during a public health emergency (Item #59)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB43 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189365)
2. **HB43 Act 18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194934)
3. **HB43 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192691)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #169, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189995)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #170, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1189999)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #408, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191457)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #545, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192669)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #692, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193297)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #780, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193780)
10. **HB43 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194328)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#212) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#145) — **82–12** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#246) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Bacala — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-28** Effective date: 10/28/2020.
- **2020-10-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 18. `executive-signature`
- **2020-10-23** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-23** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-10-22** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-10-22** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-10-22** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-22** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-10-22** 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`
- **2020-10-21** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-10-21** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-10-15** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2020-10-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-10-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 10/15/20.
- **2020-10-14** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-14** Reported with amendments (15-0).
- **2020-09-28** Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eb9412f-74a4-43bc-8052-150e79d0753c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).