---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN: Requires reporting of certain information relating to minors who undergo abortions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CHILDREN: Requires reporting of certain information relating to minors who undergo abortions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Louisiana HB 357 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Raymond Crews"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b54d2b8d-6a7a-423c-8e46-b4d1f135b9c7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240257"
source_hash: "347c3e502e98cbc4e6c6cb78ea956b1ff0eac0569dd4d180dbbdec0faf4c2d2b"
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 357 (2021) — CHILDREN: Requires reporting of certain information relating to minors who undergo abortions (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB357 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210000)
2. **HB357 Act 482** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236585)
3. **HB357 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221149)
4. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3077, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230565)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3176, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230844)
6. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3258, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231172)
7. **HB357 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233587)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#409) — **74–24** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1107) — **73–28** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#952) — **36–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Raymond Crews — primary (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-29** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-29** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 482. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-09** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 28, 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** The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-06-07** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended.
- **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 with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-17** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-12** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 74, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2021.
- **2021-05-06** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably (12-0).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-03-31** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b54d2b8d-6a7a-423c-8e46-b4d1f135b9c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).