republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2021/sb-215.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMPLOYMENT: Provides for reasonable accommodations of employees who become temporarily disabled due to certain pregnancy-related medical conditions.(8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
description: "EMPLOYMENT: Provides for reasonable accommodations of employees who become temporarily disabled due to certain pregnancy-related medical conditions.(8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Louisiana SB 215 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Ashford Barrow"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b9636db-01ec-4089-8c2d-d0170a0eb78d"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240602"
source_hash: "8a7d6ebb9ae118e9e407222c4da4c306bad68eb8e01f5c656c72af6ef0f7cdde"
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 215 (2021) — EMPLOYMENT: Provides for reasonable accommodations of employees who become temporarily disabled due to certain pregnancy-related medical conditions.(8/1/21) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB215 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1212264)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3735, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1230465)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3815, L&IR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231523)
4. **SB215 Act 393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235882)
5. **SB215 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222046)
6. **SB215 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1226879)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1603, L&IR, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1221499)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1738, L&IR, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222003)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2234, Barrow, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225891)
10. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1780, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222244)
11. **SB215 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1233567)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#1054) — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#418) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#993) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- CO-AUTHORS (#419) — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Regina Ashford Barrow — primary (person)
- Aimee Adatto Freeman — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Carpenter — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Barry Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- C. Denise Marcelle — cosponsor (person)
- C. Travis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Edmond Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Edward Ted James — 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)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Brass — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle M. Green , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Louie Bernard — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Page Cortez — cosponsor (person)
- Randal L. Gaines — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Ward, III — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Mills — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie Johns — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Hewitt — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-17** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-17** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 393. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-09** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-08** Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-07** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-07** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 9. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/07/2021.
- **2021-06-03** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-06-03** Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-03** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-06-03** Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-25** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-05-20** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Called from the Calendar.
- **2021-05-12** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2021-05-11** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-05-10** Reported with amendments.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b9636db-01ec-4089-8c2d-d0170a0eb78d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).