---
type: "Bill"
title: "ABORTION: Establishes requirements concerning reports of abortions performed or induced (EN GF EX See Note)"
description: "ABORTION: Establishes requirements concerning reports of abortions performed or induced (EN GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 423"
citation: "Louisiana HB 423 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Emerson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d7d7f73-e35e-42b9-be8a-278395287046"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240353"
source_hash: "6f931ac8468a891fc757b8f75c174d6d6252afd1b5efbdbc2e165d183c0a9e15"
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 423 (2021) — ABORTION: Establishes requirements concerning reports of abortions performed or induced (EN GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB423 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210959)
2. **Conference Committee Report, #4013, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233525)
3. **HB423 Act 425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235926)
4. **HB423 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221466)
5. **HB423 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224217)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2250, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220665)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2358, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221356)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2851, Emerson, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1224003)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3482, Boudreaux, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232020)
10. **HB423 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234331)

## Votes

- REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1115) — **78–18** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#414) — **82–14** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT (#1061) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#900) — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1200) — **78–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Emerson — primary (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (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. 425. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/11/2021.
- **2021-06-10** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-10** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-10** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays.
- **2021-06-10** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 78, nays 22. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- **2021-06-09** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-09** Conference Committee report received.
- **2021-06-09** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- **2021-06-08** House conferees appointed: Emerson, Bagley, and Edmonds.
- **2021-06-08** Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- **2021-06-08** Senate conference committee members appointed: Fred Mills, Boudreaux, and Mizell.
- **2021-06-08** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- **2021-06-08** Read by title, roll called, yeas 78, nays 18, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. 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.
- **2021-05-17** 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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 14. 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, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-05** Reported with amendments (13-0).
- **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/3d7d7f73-e35e-42b9-be8a-278395287046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).