republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/sb-151.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN: Enacts the Foster Youth's Bill of Rights for youth ages fourteen through eighteen in foster care. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CHILDREN: Enacts the Foster Youth's Bill of Rights for youth ages fourteen through eighteen in foster care. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 151"
citation: "Louisiana SB 151 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Ashford Barrow"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7be024e3-af45-4474-a9b7-e62d6389da65"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240320"
source_hash: "79006321fa2d7477886518be544ef3b296d1641173b3c5d2ea724930189bed2a"
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 SB 151 (2021) — CHILDREN: Enacts the Foster Youth's Bill of Rights for youth ages fourteen through eighteen in foster care. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB151 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1210742)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3065, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225360)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3128, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225724)
4. **SB151 Act 351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235717)
5. **SB151 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221315)
6. **SB151 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222861)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1157, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1217896)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1636, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221142)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1811, Barrow, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222406)
10. **Senate Floor Bureau Note, #1702, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221732)
11. **SB151 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230591)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#298) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#803) — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#653) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#297) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Regina Ashford Barrow — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barrow Peacock — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Ivey — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beau Beaullieu — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — 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)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Franklin J. Foil — cosponsor (person)
- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Frederick D. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gary L. Smith, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Tarver — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Marino — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Bodi White, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mack Cormier — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- R. L. Bret Allain, II — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Bourriaque — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — 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. 351. `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.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-18** Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-10** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-05** 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`
- **2021-04-01** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7be024e3-af45-4474-a9b7-e62d6389da65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).