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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME: Creates the crime of adoption deception (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
description: "CRIME: Creates the crime of adoption deception (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "Louisiana HB 54 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Edmonds"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/746c9c48-1f30-412f-8426-66e567953f82"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=239840"
source_hash: "86daba293a406bedb7f203aa0510a3f3c00939864deab117df833a558fbeaaa4"
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 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](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1201830)
2. **HB54 Act 464** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1236375)
3. **HB54 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216755)
4. **House Committee Amendment, #1459, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215984)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1532, ACRJ, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1216531)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #1788, Newell, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217987)
7. **Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2371, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226612)
8. **HB54 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1234432)
## Votes
- 2/3 vote (#1034) — **380** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1035) — **380** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 1788 BY NEWELL, MOTION TO ADOPT (#85) — **2660** (fail) · lower
- Consider after the 57th day (#1179) — **7028** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1219) — **7027** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#86) — **7325** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/746c9c48-1f30-412f-8426-66e567953f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).