republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-648.md

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Bill	HEALTH/CHILDREN: Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child	HEALTH/CHILDREN: Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child	us/states/la	Louisiana Legislature	2023	HB 648	Louisiana HB 648 (2023)	bill		enacted	Gabe Firment	10	36	8	2023-05-04	2023-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/8c8eccd5-8b20-48d1-8fc6-f99b1af7c3f2	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244986	6057409723121037033339025a9248e13fdae2de19e1bc43da963ad9ae6c09f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-la

Louisiana HB 648 (2023) — HEALTH/CHILDREN: Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child

Version chain

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

1. HB648 Original (filed) — source
2. HB648 Act (committee substitute) — source
3. HB648 Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HB648 Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. House Floor Amendment, #2880, Firment, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
6. House Floor Amendment, #3000, Magee, Withdrawn (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Committee Amendment, #2700, JUDA, Draft (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Committee Amendment, #2724, JUDA, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Floor Amendment, #2820, Morris, Jay, Adopted (committee substitute) — source
10. HB648 Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• FINAL PASSAGE (#837) — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• PASS BILL SUBSEQUENT TO VETO (#40) — 76–23 (pass) · lower
• AMENDMENT # 2880 BY FIRMENT, MOTION TO ADOPT (#443) — 71–27 (pass) · lower
• PASS SUBSEQUENT TO VETO (#5) — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• RECONSIDER (#3) — 27–7 (pass) · upper
• FINAL PASSAGE (#446) — 71–24 (pass) · lower
• RECOMMIT (#602) — 26–12 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1106) — 75–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gabe Firment — primary (person)
• Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
• Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
• Ray Garofalo — cosponsor (person)
• Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-19 Effective date: 01/01/2024.
• 2023-07-19 Becomes Act No. 466. became-law
• 2023-07-19 Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
• 2023-07-18 Notice Senate voted to override the Governor's veto
• 2023-07-18 By a vote of 28 yeas and 11 nays, the Senate voted to override the Governor's veto.
• 2023-07-18 Reconsidered.
• 2023-07-18 By a vote of 27 yeas and 7 nays.
• 2023-07-18 Rules suspended.
• 2023-07-18 Veto message from the Governor received and read.
• 2023-07-18 Notice House voted to override the Governor's veto.
• 2023-07-18 Veto message read, roll called on final consideration, 76 yeas, 23 nays. Veto overridden by two-thirds vote of the elected members.
• 2023-07-18 Reconsidered.
• 2023-07-18 Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
• 2023-07-18 Rules suspended.
• 2023-07-18 Veto message received and read. Lies over under the rules.
• 2023-06-29 Vetoed by the Governor. executive-veto
• 2023-06-09 Sent to the Governor for executive approval. executive-receipt
• 2023-06-08 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 75, nays 25, Senate amendments concurred in.
• 2023-06-05 Scheduled for concurrence on 06/06/2023.
• 2023-06-05 Received from the Senate with amendments. receipt
• 2023-06-05 Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. passage
• 2023-06-02 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. reading-3
• 2023-06-02 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• 2023-06-02 Rules suspended.
• 2023-06-02 Reported with amendments. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-01 Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary A.
• 2023-06-01 Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
• 2023-06-01 By a vote of 26 yeas and 12 nays.
• 2023-05-18 Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. reading-1
• 2023-05-16 Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 71, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. passage
• 2023-05-11 Scheduled for floor debate on 05/16/2023.
• 2023-05-08 Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. reading-3
• 2023-05-04 Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 463 reported by the Committee on Health and Welfare (14-3).

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c8eccd5-8b20-48d1-8fc6-f99b1af7c3f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).