---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides relative to the reduction of a child support obligation during the obligor's incarceration"
description: "CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides relative to the reduction of a child support obligation during the obligor's incarceration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Louisiana HB 449 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilford Carter , Sr."]
version_count: 13
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dbaff2c-8525-4b60-a812-7afc875e32d2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240403"
source_hash: "ea9226b3623364acfdee05522f4635eb5799781efb997aabc0ca5bffeb3a9a13"
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 449 (2021) — CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides relative to the reduction of a child support obligation during the obligor's incarceration

## Version chain

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

1. **HB449 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211475)
2. **HB449 Act 339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235668)
3. **HB449 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225458)
4. **HB449 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226837)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2262, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220800)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2317, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221084)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2975, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225042)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #3078, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225448)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #3297, Carter, Wilford, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226707)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #3302, Marino, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226725)
11. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2181, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225517)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3500, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1232089)
13. **HB449 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233608)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1117) — **77–17** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#825) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#600) — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilford Carter , Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-15** Effective date: 08/01/2021.
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 339. `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 77, nays 17, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2021-06-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2021-06-06** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. 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 without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-06-02** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-25** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2021-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2021.
- **2021-05-18** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-17** Reported with amendments (12-0-1).
- **2021-04-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/2/2021.
- **2021-04-02** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dbaff2c-8525-4b60-a812-7afc875e32d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).