republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/hb-54.md

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Bill	CRIME: Creates the crime of adoption deception (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)	CRIME: Creates the crime of adoption deception (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2021	HB 54	Louisiana HB 54 (2021)	bill		enacted	Rick Edmonds	8	29	6	2021-03-02	2021-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/746c9c48-1f30-412f-8426-66e567953f82	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239840	86daba293a406bedb7f203aa0510a3f3c00939864deab117df833a558fbeaaa4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 54 (2021) — CRIME: Creates the crime of adoption deception (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Version chain

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

1. HB54 Original (filed) — source
2. HB54 Act 464 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB54 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. House Committee Amendment, #1459, ACRJ, Draft (committee substitute) — source
5. House Committee Amendment, #1532, ACRJ, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. House Floor Amendment, #1788, Newell, Rejected (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2371, BUREAU, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. HB54 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 2/3 vote (#1034) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#1035) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AMENDMENT # 1788 BY NEWELL, MOTION TO ADOPT (#85) — 26–60 (fail) · lower
• Consider after the 57th day (#1179) — 70–28 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1219) — 70–27 (pass) · lower
• FINAL PASSAGE (#86) — 73–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rick Edmonds — primary (person)
• Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-29 Effective date: 08/01/2021.
• 2021-06-29 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 464. executive-signature
• 2021-06-11 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2021-06-10 Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2021-06-10 Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2021-06-10 Read by title, roll called, yeas 70, nays 27, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2021-06-09 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2021.
• 2021-06-09 Received from the Senate with amendments.
• 2021-06-09 Notice Senate approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
• 2021-06-09 The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2021-06-09 Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
• 2021-06-09 Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2021-06-09 Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 57th calendar day.
• 2021-06-09 By a vote of 70 yeas, 28 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 57th calendar day.
• 2021-05-27 Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• 2021-05-27 Rules suspended.
• 2021-05-20 Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2021-05-19 Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2021-05-18 Reported favorably.
• 2021-04-28 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• 2021-04-27 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 25. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2021-04-26 Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2021.
• 2021-04-26 Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2021-04-22 Reported with amendments (10-0).
• 2021-04-12 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. 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 Administration of Criminal Justice. referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 Prefiled. filing

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/746c9c48-1f30-412f-8426-66e567953f82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).