---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDRENS CODE: Amends the definition of \"caretaker\" in laws pertaining to child in need of care proceedings"
description: "CHILDRENS CODE: Amends the definition of \"caretaker\" in laws pertaining to child in need of care proceedings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 383"
citation: "Louisiana HB 383 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Stagni"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a074bd9a-1ee3-4018-842e-f5b8de102be9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240295"
source_hash: "cb611affc1ab20bbe396cb7fede9701a3aeda092c337eaafb7641f0bdb440526"
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 383 (2021) — CHILDRENS CODE: Amends the definition of "caretaker" in laws pertaining to child in need of care proceedings

## Version chain

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

1. **HB383 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210491)
2. **HB383 Act 367** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235695)
3. **HB383 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216795)
4. **HB383 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1229139)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#155) — **101–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#540) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joe Stagni — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 367. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-05-26** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-24** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably.
- **2021-05-05** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/2021.
- **2021-04-27** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably (15-0).
- **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.
- **2021-04-01** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a074bd9a-1ee3-4018-842e-f5b8de102be9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).