--- type: "Bill" title: "CHILDREN/DCFS: Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)" description: "CHILDREN/DCFS: Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 617" citation: "Louisiana HB 617 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Kim Carver"] version_count: 11 action_count: 28 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2025-04-04" last_action: "2025-06-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6d76c76-7f6c-4de9-a55e-30c9753258ed" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248697" source_hash: "aa8f268ce95a0be39cae15e83e98e95a1b49b3fb3a94ecb30a3466f7a7b6db3b" 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 617 (2025) — CHILDREN/DCFS: Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB617 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404595) 2. **HB617 Act 477** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427663) 3. **HB617 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408077) 4. **HB617 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417205) 5. **House Committee Amendment, #1364, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406580) 6. **House Committee Amendment, #1591, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408045) 7. **House Floor Amendment, #1815, Carver, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409199) 8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2815, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421463) 9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2872, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421742) 10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3038, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422476) 11. **HB617 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424560) ## Votes - FINAL PASSAGE (#538) — **98–0** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#809) — **39–0** (pass) · upper - CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1146) — **98–0** (pass) · lower - CO-AUTHORS (#810) — **13–0** (fail) · upper ## Sponsors - Kim Carver — primary (person) - Adam Bass — cosponsor (person) - Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person) - Annie Spell — cosponsor (person) - Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person) - Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person) - Beth Billings — cosponsor (person) - Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person) - Brach Myers — cosponsor (person) - Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person) - Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person) - Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person) - Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person) - Chance Henry — cosponsor (person) - Charles Owen — cosponsor (person) - Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person) - Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person) - Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person) - Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person) - Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person) - Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person) - Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person) - Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person) - Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person) - Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person) - Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person) - John Wyble — cosponsor (person) - Joy Walters — cosponsor (person) - Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person) - Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person) - Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person) - Larry Selders — cosponsor (person) - Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person) - Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person) - Mark Wright — cosponsor (person) - Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person) - Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Mike Reese — cosponsor (person) - Pat Moore — cosponsor (person) - Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person) - Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person) - Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person) - Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person) - Shane Mack — cosponsor (person) - Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person) - Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person) - Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person) - Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person) - Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person) - Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person) - Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person) - Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person) - William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-06-20** Effective date: See Act. - **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 477. `became-law, executive-signature` - **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate. - **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled` - **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in. - **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025. - **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt` - **2025-06-09** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar. - **2025-06-08** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. - **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. - **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3` - **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-05-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1` - **2025-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2025-05-21** Called from the calendar. - **2025-05-21** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order. - **2025-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025. - **2025-05-20** Notice given. - **2025-04-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar. - **2025-04-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2025. - **2025-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2025-04-23** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `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/a6d76c76-7f6c-4de9-a55e-30c9753258ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).