---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at certain infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law"
description: "CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at certain infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 218"
citation: "Louisiana HB 218 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Huval"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-25"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42f7042e-cbe5-4244-9766-c070a19daf75"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240060"
source_hash: "6a67e0cc181f93fe1298ade86c43d7dba5413d6965d1d1210898b98b55170379"
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 218 (2021) — CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Authorizes the installation and use of newborn safety devices at certain infant relinquishment sites designated in the Safe Haven Law

## Version chain

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

1. **HB218 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1206995)
2. **HB218 Act 421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235922)
3. **HB218 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224380)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #2027, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1219666)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2854, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224281)
6. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3253, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231164)
7. **HB218 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233426)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#890) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#512) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1098) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Huval — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-21** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 421. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-02** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2021.
- **2021-05-13** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-12** Reported with amendments (10-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/26/2021.
- **2021-03-25** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42f7042e-cbe5-4244-9766-c070a19daf75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).