---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/LEGITIMATION: Provides relative to the presumption of paternity"
description: "CHILDREN/LEGITIMATION: Provides relative to the presumption of paternity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 410"
citation: "Louisiana HB 410 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy LaCombe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-27"
last_action: "2020-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a39691-8afc-4fc5-89dc-2dfe9c6329b8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=238084"
source_hash: "d86214559b73cb65735324fe1599f18451bda2ee6e416e197a806a9c8748f439"
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 410 (2020) — CHILDREN/LEGITIMATION: Provides relative to the presumption of paternity

## Version chain

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

1. **HB410 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1162343)
2. **HB410 Act 266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1182343)
3. **HB410 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1173594)
4. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2176, Ward, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1176903)
5. **HB410 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1178596)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#560) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#691) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#347) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy LaCombe — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-11** Effective date: 08/01/2020.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 266. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-03** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2020-06-01** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2020-05-31** Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2020-05-29** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/31/20.
- **2020-05-29** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2020-05-29** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2020-05-27** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2020-05-27** Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2020-05-25** Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2020-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/20.
- **2020-05-21** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2020-05-20** Reported favorably (12-0-1).
- **2020-03-09** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21a39691-8afc-4fc5-89dc-2dfe9c6329b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).