republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2020s2/hb-43.md

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Bill	HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides for administrative rules relative to visitation of nursing home and assisted living facility residents during a public health emergency (Item #59)	HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides for administrative rules relative to visitation of nursing home and assisted living facility residents during a public health emergency (Item #59)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2020s2	HB 43	Louisiana HB 43 (2020s2)	bill		enacted	Tony Bacala	10	18	3	2020-09-28	2020-10-28	openstates	ocd-bill/8eb9412f-74a4-43bc-8052-150e79d0753c	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239494	7e50e8c0c09759f8d927360fa5174fb2757927dfa2ab011e774b8d85a1f8dd90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 43 (2020s2) — HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides for administrative rules relative to visitation of nursing home and assisted living facility residents during a public health emergency (Item #59)

Version chain

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

1. HB43 Original (filed) — source
2. HB43 Act 18 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB43 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. House Committee Amendment, #169, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #170, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #408, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. House Committee Amendment, #545, H&W, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #692, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #780, H&W, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. HB43 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#212) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#145) — 82–12 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#246) — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tony Bacala — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-10-28 Effective date: 10/28/2020.
• 2020-10-28 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 18. executive-signature
• 2020-10-23 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2020-10-23 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2020-10-22 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2020-10-22 Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2020-10-22 Rules suspended.
• 2020-10-22 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2020-10-22 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
• 2020-10-21 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2020-10-21 Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2020-10-15 Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. referral-committee
• 2020-10-15 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 82, nays 12. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2020-10-14 Scheduled for floor debate on 10/15/20.
• 2020-10-14 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2020-10-14 Rules suspended.
• 2020-10-14 Reported with amendments (15-0).
• 2020-09-28 Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8eb9412f-74a4-43bc-8052-150e79d0753c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).