republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-37.md

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Bill	ADOPTION: Provides for uniform post-placement functions associated with agency adoptions and private adoptions (RE NO IMPACT See Note)	ADOPTION: Provides for uniform post-placement functions associated with agency adoptions and private adoptions (RE NO IMPACT See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2021	HB 37	Louisiana HB 37 (2021)	bill		enacted	Tony Bacala	14	22	3	2021-03-01	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/76921424-2142-49cd-afc6-db74db26ce4e	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239821	9ccabb4de1f18671c0d7f0e4d758449ef211604fd837ba9fb8d84060c270a35a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 37 (2021) — ADOPTION: Provides for uniform post-placement functions associated with agency adoptions and private adoptions (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB37 Original (filed) — source
2. HB37 Act (committee substitute) — source
3. HB37 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB37 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1053, CL&P, Draft (committee substitute) — source
6. House Committee Amendment, #1130, CL&P, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
7. House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #528, Pierre, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #1497, JUDA, Draft (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Committee Amendment, #1504, JUDA, Draft (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Committee Amendment, #1547, JUDA, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
11. Senate Floor Amendment, #1992, Foil, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
12. Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1708, Peacock, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
13. Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1693, BUREAU, Proposed (committee substitute) — source
14. HB37 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#360) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#470) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#8) — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tony Bacala — primary (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Danny McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
• Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
• Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
• John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
• Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
• Polly Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
• Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
• Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
• Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
• Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-01 Effective date: 08/01/2021.
• 2021-06-01 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 6. executive-signature
• 2021-05-26 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-20 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2021-05-19 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2021-05-17 Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2021-05-13 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/17/2021.
• 2021-05-12 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2021-05-12 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2021-05-06 Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2021-05-05 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2021-05-04 Reported with amendments.
• 2021-04-20 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. referral-committee
• 2021-04-19 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2021-04-15 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2021-04-14 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2021.
• 2021-04-14 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2021-04-13 Reported with amendments (15-0-1).
• 2021-04-12 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. referral-committee
• 2021-03-05 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/5/2021.
• 2021-03-02 Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76921424-2142-49cd-afc6-db74db26ce4e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).