---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to confidentiality of records in cases involving certain protected persons"
description: "CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to confidentiality of records in cases involving certain protected persons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Louisiana HB 443 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Coates"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-29"
last_action: "2024-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c984defa-256b-4d7f-a883-d68b4d3b073b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246133"
source_hash: "ec383dbcff0f575c0dc00755805eaaeda49ca103e6e1378ca6305f7b1b5a51bd"
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 443 (2024) — CIVIL/LAW: Provides relative to confidentiality of records in cases involving certain protected persons

## Version chain

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

1. **HB443 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1350750)
2. **HB443 Act 654** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1382678)
3. **HB443 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361305)
4. **HB443 Re-Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1367893)
5. **HB443 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366062)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2102, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360007)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2192, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360979)
8. **House Committee Amendment, #2914, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365157)
9. **House Committee Amendment, #3126, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366040)
10. **House Floor Amendment, #3250, Coates, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366604)
11. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #3333, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373137)
12. **HB443 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1379285)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#714) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1459) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#647) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Coates — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tammy Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-18** Effective date: 08/01/2024.
- **2024-06-18** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 654. `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 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-22** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/28/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-14** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-05-13** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-05-08** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-05-07** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2024.
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2024.
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Reported with amendments (12-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c984defa-256b-4d7f-a883-d68b4d3b073b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).