---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Provides relative to newborn screening for certain genetic conditions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Provides relative to newborn screening for certain genetic conditions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 200"
citation: "Louisiana HB 200 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vanessa Caston LaFleur"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea840ab9-e4ae-4893-9d9d-38e9ead6c663"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244058"
source_hash: "7559079b3e14a22601c0fb3e12b7a36c6bf0f0f065c069f56207278aa95b8cda"
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 200 (2023) — CHILDREN/NEWBORNS: Provides relative to newborn screening for certain genetic conditions (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB200 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1305142)
2. **HB200 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328138)
3. **HB200 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314164)
4. **HB200 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315738)
5. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #730, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314363)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1275, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318535)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1277, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318547)
8. **HB200 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325327)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#280) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#105) — **101–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#608) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-30** Effective date: 05/30/2023.
- **2023-05-30** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 17. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-26** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-05-24** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/23/2023.
- **2023-05-10** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-05-10** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-03** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-25** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2023.
- **2023-04-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/24/2023.
- **2023-03-24** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea840ab9-e4ae-4893-9d9d-38e9ead6c663`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).