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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADOPTION: Provides for uniform post-placement functions associated with agency adoptions and private adoptions (RE NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "ADOPTION: Provides for uniform post-placement functions associated with agency adoptions and private adoptions (RE NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Louisiana HB 37 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Bacala"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76921424-2142-49cd-afc6-db74db26ce4e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239821"
source_hash: "9ccabb4de1f18671c0d7f0e4d758449ef211604fd837ba9fb8d84060c270a35a"
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 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](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1201410)
2. **HB37 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230353)
3. **HB37 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1213604)
4. **HB37 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1214421)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1053, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212924)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1130, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1213582)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #528, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1213754)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1497, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220180)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1504, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220234)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1547, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1220406)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1992, Foil, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1223898)
12. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1708, Peacock, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221751)
13. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1693, BUREAU, Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221700)
14. **HB37 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225679)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76921424-2142-49cd-afc6-db74db26ce4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).