republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-61.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONTRACTS: Provides for consent of a legal representative of a minor who contracts with certain parties"
description: "CONTRACTS: Provides for consent of a legal representative of a minor who contracts with certain parties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 61"
citation: "Louisiana HB 61 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie Schlegel"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e155ffea-ae1c-40b4-aff0-60e51eb53903"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=243893"
source_hash: "020eed6ad54ca7b87d760e4dfd74db49106c04dcb11692e47d1e22e2e2498943"
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 61 (2023) — CONTRACTS: Provides for consent of a legal representative of a minor who contracts with certain parties

## Version chain

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

1. **HB61 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1301594)
2. **HB61 Act 440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1333439)
3. **HB61 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314871)
4. **HB61 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316947)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1650, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1314830)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #1963, Schlegel, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1316837)
7. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #821, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1315245)
8. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1854, Fields, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1323064)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2584, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1327990)
10. **HB61 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1330760)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#730) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1047) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#143) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- AMENDMENT # 2584 BY LUNEAU, HB 61 BY SCHLEGEL (#729) — **20–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laurie Schlegel — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Bryan Fontenot — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Villio — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Emerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman Q. Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Valarie Hodges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-28** Effective date: See Act.
- **2023-06-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 440. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2023-06-08** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2023-06-07** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2023-06-06** Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2023-06-05** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
- **2023-06-05** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2023-06-04** Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/27/2023.
- **2023-04-25** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24** Reported with amendments (13-0-1). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/3/2023.
- **2023-03-03** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e155ffea-ae1c-40b4-aff0-60e51eb53903`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).