---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to visitation of inmates with serious bodily injuries at certain healthcare facilities"
description: "CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to visitation of inmates with serious bodily injuries at certain healthcare facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "Louisiana HB 356 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cameron Henry"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9d8bce9-db8d-4408-b7e2-5c641853f247"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236172"
source_hash: "a11d8ed220346c99d08b526b8843b6e70d5cd439c92a1662adb91bc32f7b882b"
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 356 (2019) — CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to visitation of inmates with serious bodily injuries at certain healthcare facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB356 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1121357)
2. **HB356 Act 283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144126)
3. **HB356 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127079)
4. **HB356 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130694)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2064, Henry, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130484)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2151, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135665)
7. **HB356 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139263)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#411) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#135) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#653) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cameron Henry — primary (person)
- Danny Martiny — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-13** Effective date: 06/11/19.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 283. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-06** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-05-29** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-05-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/19.
- **2019-05-20** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-05-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-15** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-07** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-02** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/02/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-24** Reported favorably (10-0-1).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9d8bce9-db8d-4408-b7e2-5c641853f247`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).