---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/CUSTODY: Provides for evaluations in child custody proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
description: "CHILDREN/CUSTODY: Provides for evaluations in child custody proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 236"
citation: "Louisiana HB 236 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon McMakin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-27"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/338f699c-82e5-4be7-bd43-ba7e48a874e2"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245849"
source_hash: "d357a2537a8fc091e28639059a49f5fd9d99bf70759eb18775be1832b2aa7bcb"
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 236 (2024) — CHILDREN/CUSTODY: Provides for evaluations in child custody proceedings (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB236 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1347741)
2. **HB236 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382291)
3. **HB236 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360890)
4. **HB236 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366353)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3110, McMakin, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365940)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2696, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369955)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2784, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1370340)
8. **HB236 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379343)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1475) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#888) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#551) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dixon McMakin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-10** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-10** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 552. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-28** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-06** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-01** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-30** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/16/2024.
- **2024-04-15** Notice given.
- **2024-04-15** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-04-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2024.
- **2024-04-09** Notice given.
- **2024-04-04** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/04/2024.
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Reported favorably (8-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/338f699c-82e5-4be7-bd43-ba7e48a874e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).