---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN: Provides relative to permanent placement of children in custody of the state. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CHILDREN: Provides relative to permanent placement of children in custody of the state. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 143"
citation: "Louisiana SB 143 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cb65794-df25-40fe-b63b-55f710d619e4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240276"
source_hash: "4d9e2360c5e9b94fa1bc94d12a21bf7eeb5684961ce83bba6e95900152964c2d"
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 SB 143 (2021) — CHILDREN: Provides relative to permanent placement of children in custody of the state. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB143 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210457)
2. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2379, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226619)
3. **SB143 Act 350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235716)
4. **SB143 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215490)
5. **SB143 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218679)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #663, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214721)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #770, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215452)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1258, Barrow, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1218438)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #997, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216976)
10. **SB143 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230586)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#146) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#649) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#147) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#824) — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-17** Effective date 6/17/2021.
- **2021-06-17** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 350. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-02** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-01** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-05-27** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-05-27** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2021.
- **2021-05-24** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-20** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-19** Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-28** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-20** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cb65794-df25-40fe-b63b-55f710d619e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).