---
type: "Bill"
title: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Modifies the Louisiana Doula Registry Board within the Louisiana Department of Health and provides for respective regulatory authority (EN +$2,495 FF EX See Note)"
description: "INSURANCE/HEALTH: Modifies the Louisiana Doula Registry Board within the Louisiana Department of Health and provides for respective regulatory authority (EN +$2,495 FF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 514"
citation: "Louisiana HB 514 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Willard"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e6450b1-9193-4017-b9a4-bee2674f1e2d"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248546"
source_hash: "d682e88a8db130d2bc8ec03efb191e047794aa19e51bcbd0fd47f0c40addab56"
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 514 (2025) — INSURANCE/HEALTH: Modifies the Louisiana Doula Registry Board within the Louisiana Department of Health and provides for respective regulatory authority (EN +$2,495 FF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB514 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404102)
2. **HB514 Act 287** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425601)
3. **HB514 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412477)
4. **HB514 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417736)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2278, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411987)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2391, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412396)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #3220, Willard, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416528)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2816, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421464)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2877, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421748)
10. **HB514 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423423)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#594) — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1006) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#719) — **37–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthew Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 287. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-10** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-09** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-22** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 9. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2025.
- **2025-05-21** Notice given.
- **2025-05-21** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-21** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
- **2025-05-19** Notice given.
- **2025-05-19** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-19** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
- **2025-05-14** Notice given.
- **2025-05-14** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-14** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
- **2025-05-13** Notice given.
- **2025-05-13** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-12** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2025.
- **2025-05-08** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e6450b1-9193-4017-b9a4-bee2674f1e2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).