republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/sb-143.md

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Bill	CHILDREN: Provides relative to permanent placement of children in custody of the state. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)	CHILDREN: Provides relative to permanent placement of children in custody of the state. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2021	SB 143	Louisiana SB 143 (2021)	bill		enacted	Patrick McMath	10	19	4	2021-03-31	2021-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/5cb65794-df25-40fe-b63b-55f710d619e4	http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240276	4d9e2360c5e9b94fa1bc94d12a21bf7eeb5684961ce83bba6e95900152964c2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana SB 143 (2021) — CHILDREN: Provides relative to permanent placement of children in custody of the state. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Version chain

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

1. SB143 Original (filed) — source
2. House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2379, BUREAU, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. SB143 Act 350 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB143 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. SB143 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Committee Amendment, #663, H&W, Draft (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #770, H&W, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Floor Amendment, #1258, Barrow, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Floor Amendment, #997, McMath, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. SB143 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#146) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR (#649) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• CO-AUTHORS (#147) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#824) — 103–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick McMath — primary (person)
• Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
• Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
• Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
• C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
• C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
• Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
• Cedric Glover — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
• Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
• Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
• Eddie Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
• Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
• Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
• Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
• Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
• J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
• Jack McFarland — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
• John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jonathan Goudeau — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph Orgeron — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
• Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
• Les Farnum — cosponsor (person)
• Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
• Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
• Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
• Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Mary DuBuisson — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
• Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
• Neil Riser — cosponsor (person)
• Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
• R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
• Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
• Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
• Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
• Richard Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
• Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
• Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
• Scott McKnight — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
• Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
• Troy Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Troy D. Romero — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)
• William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-17 Effective date 6/17/2021.
• 2021-06-17 Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 350. executive-signature
• 2021-06-06 Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021. executive-receipt
• 2021-06-03 Signed by the Speaker of the House.
• 2021-06-02 Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
• 2021-06-01 Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
• 2021-05-27 Received from the House with amendments.
• 2021-05-27 Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2021-05-26 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2021.
• 2021-05-24 Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
• 2021-05-20 Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
• 2021-05-19 Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2021-05-03 Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. referral-committee
• 2021-04-29 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
• 2021-04-28 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2021-04-21 Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
• 2021-04-20 Reported with amendments.
• 2021-04-12 Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. referral-committee
• 2021-03-31 Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. filing, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cb65794-df25-40fe-b63b-55f710d619e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).