--- type: "Bill" title: "CHILDREN: Provides for the filiation of children. (8/1/24)" description: "CHILDREN: Provides for the filiation of children. (8/1/24)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 77" citation: "Louisiana SB 77 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gregory A. Miller"] version_count: 4 action_count: 20 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2024-02-28" last_action: "2024-05-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa8d3b57-0532-4906-a0ca-c9c10c4f9d4b" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245907" source_hash: "812e488dfb3ef41b33b313dc83f23c1e0927d9dbd4a7586acfc1f58fcad5b53e" 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 77 (2024) — CHILDREN: Provides for the filiation of children. (8/1/24) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB77 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348547) 2. **SB77 Act 96** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378090) 3. **SB77 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361338) 4. **SB77 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1373938) ## Votes - FINAL PASSAGE (#246) — **37–0** (pass) · upper - FINAL PASSAGE (#1013) — **93–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gregory A. Miller — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-05-21** Effective date 8/1/2024. - **2024-05-21** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 96. `became-law, executive-signature` - **2024-05-15** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt` - **2024-05-14** Signed by the Speaker of the House. - **2024-05-14** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled` - **2024-05-13** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt` - **2024-05-13** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2024-05-13** Called from the calendar. - **2024-05-13** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2024-05-09** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2024. - **2024-04-25** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2024-04-24** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. - **2024-04-23** Reported favorably (11-0-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. - **2024-04-09** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2024-04-03** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. - **2024-04-02** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee` - **2024-02-28** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `filing, referral-committee` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa8d3b57-0532-4906-a0ca-c9c10c4f9d4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).