---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN: Creates Ezekiel's Law and provides relative to protecting children from abuse. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CHILDREN: Creates Ezekiel's Law and provides relative to protecting children from abuse. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Louisiana SB 64 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael \"Big Mike\" Fesi"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-28"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17b47340-7892-4ac7-9577-bfcb8b47d2cc"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244138"
source_hash: "676fe3ae57dfee82b4d4707019b3e5f7488e1366d682a21fbb21f6bd910b71f9"
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 64 (2023) — CHILDREN: Creates Ezekiel's Law and provides relative to protecting children from abuse. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB64 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1306568)
2. **House Floor Amendment, #3519, Magee, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325589)
3. **SB64 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329072)
4. **SB64 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313064)
5. **SB64 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316471)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #596, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312888)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #606, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1312932)
8. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #701, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313852)
9. **SB64 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1326800)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#697) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#515) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#100) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#101) — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — primary (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-01** Effective date 8/1/2023.
- **2023-06-01** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 40. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-05-31** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-30** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2023-05-30** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2023-05-26** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/25/2023.
- **2023-05-15** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2023-04-26** 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`
- **2023-04-19** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2023-04-18** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** 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/17b47340-7892-4ac7-9577-bfcb8b47d2cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).