---
type: "Bill"
title: "EXCEP PERSON/DEV DISABLE: Requires the La. Department of Health to allow visitation of residents at intermediate care facilities by residents' family members during a public health emergency (Item #28)"
description: "EXCEP PERSON/DEV DISABLE: Requires the La. Department of Health to allow visitation of residents at intermediate care facilities by residents' family members during a public health emergency (Item #28)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020s2"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Louisiana HB 95 (2020s2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rhonda Butler"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-10-12"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf73078c-bbdf-46d9-8f5b-6023c02a02ea"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239656"
source_hash: "7ba8acf37caa6e94fb569c2e2505f9d970df04ab592b0e9b5e0e17321aeeb5b6"
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 95 (2020s2) — EXCEP PERSON/DEV DISABLE: Requires the La. Department of Health to allow visitation of residents at intermediate care facilities by residents' family members during a public health emergency (Item #28)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB95 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1191784)
2. **HB95 Act 27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194943)
3. **HB95 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192538)
4. **HB95 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192855)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #489, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192152)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #579, Butler, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1192738)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #650, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193143)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #770, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1193784)
9. **HB95 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1194222)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#147) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#199) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#200) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#239) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rhonda Butler — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Buddy Mincey — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Stefanski — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Frieman — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Huval — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Muscarello — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
- Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Dwight — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Tanner Magee — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. St. Blanc , III — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (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. 27. `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 91, 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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. 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, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-10-14** Rules suspended.
- **2020-10-14** Reported favorably (15-0).
- **2020-10-12** 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/cf73078c-bbdf-46d9-8f5b-6023c02a02ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).