---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides relative to child support guidelines"
description: "CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides relative to child support guidelines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 770"
citation: "Louisiana HB 770 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Carpenter"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-25"
last_action: "2024-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05de3293-5ffe-455b-9d68-ac2e5e550928"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246856"
source_hash: "e2c057ca5b37b1c384cd81f235ffab592f2b8eb52ab765f47bbf2ac2e14009c5"
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 770 (2024) — CHILDREN/SUPPORT: Provides relative to child support guidelines

## Version chain

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

1. **HB770 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1357496)
2. **HB770 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1381927)
3. **HB770 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361388)
4. **HB770 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1363607)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #2174, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360728)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #2177, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360829)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #2196, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1360998)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #2269, Carpenter, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361790)
9. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1515, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1361736)
10. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2580, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1369311)
11. **HB770 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1376467)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1123) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#574) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#327) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Carpenter — primary (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** Effective date: 01/01/2025.
- **2024-06-03** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 448. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-24** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2024-05-21** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-20** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2024-05-20** Called from the calendar.
- **2024-05-15** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2024.
- **2024-05-15** Notice given.
- **2024-05-08** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2024-05-07** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/08/2024.
- **2024-05-07** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-07** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2024-04-23** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-15** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-08** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/08/2024.
- **2024-04-03** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Reported with amendments (11-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05de3293-5ffe-455b-9d68-ac2e5e550928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).