---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to the licensing of free standing birth centers (EN +$1,800 SG RV See Note)"
description: "HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to the licensing of free standing birth centers (EN +$1,800 SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 536"
citation: "Louisiana HB 536 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephanie Hilferty"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de1509bb-49ee-4fb9-a4f2-9fe819c22d95"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236386"
source_hash: "fcaed37925fd52a16fda891f9c409f7f2fdbdbdd4133622b549e145428525645"
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 536 (2019) — HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides relative to the licensing of free standing birth centers (EN +$1,800 SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB536 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122220)
2. **HB536 Act 332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144261)
3. **HB536 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127560)
4. **HB536 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132323)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1467, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126844)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1546, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127537)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1187, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128302)
8. **HB536 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138434)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#199) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#485) — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephanie Hilferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 332. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-05-28** Received from the Senate without amendments.
- **2019-05-27** Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-16** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably.
- **2019-05-09** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-07** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/19.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-04-25** Reported with amendments (13-0).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de1509bb-49ee-4fb9-a4f2-9fe819c22d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).