---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 525"
citation: "Louisiana HB 525 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joy Walters"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f637330-9cfd-401f-8d7e-28ec8d067333"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248557"
source_hash: "b2fe2c834ffefe16adfd2b1ac474703a5bda1328c907eebdb0195cfa6d531d6b"
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 525 (2025) — HEALTH SERVICES: Creates the Uterine Fibroids Commission (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB525 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404122)
2. **HB525 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425135)
3. **HB525 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409780)
4. **HB525 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412601)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1810, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408896)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1952, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409718)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #2359, Walters, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1411966)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2004, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416434)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2081, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416983)
10. **HB525 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421328)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#251) — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#820) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#521) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joy Walters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-08** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 205. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-01** 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`
- **2025-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2025.
- **2025-04-30** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Reported with amendments (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f637330-9cfd-401f-8d7e-28ec8d067333`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).