---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN: Provides relative to the modification of child custody. (8/1/26)"
description: "CHILDREN: Provides relative to the modification of child custody. (8/1/26)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Louisiana SB 76 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory A. Miller"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 10
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-20"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79b34870-42f1-4435-87ef-8eb717604f6c"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249926"
source_hash: "ce499e6ec31adb2aa8b767d10198d227c5b99795a9115b40546c9ac9844e68f2"
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 76 (2026) — CHILDREN: Provides relative to the modification of child custody. (8/1/26)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB76 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1440899)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3396, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460472)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #4216, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1464888)
4. **SB76 Act 93** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1474008)
5. **SB76 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457758)
6. **SB76 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459658)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1742, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459140)
8. **SB76 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1468391)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#534) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#806) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#257) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gregory A. Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 93. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-28** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
- **2026-04-23** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2026-04-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** 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/79b34870-42f1-4435-87ef-8eb717604f6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).