republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/hb-548.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL/BUREAU CRIML ID: Requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information to release certain criminal history record information to the Department of Children and Family Services"
description: "CRIMINAL/BUREAU CRIML ID: Requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information to release certain criminal history record information to the Department of Children and Family Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 548"
citation: "Louisiana HB 548 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenny Cox"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55d7a00a-604d-4692-8d1a-c60026cc5161"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=236398"
source_hash: "4e72e7c2e68da5aba57fa28a57ac93f436a81a4faa534b0cf7269cbf5e910395"
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 548 (2019) — CRIMINAL/BUREAU CRIML ID: Requires the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information to release certain criminal history record information to the Department of Children and Family Services

## Version chain

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

1. **HB548 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1122237)
2. **HB548 Act 243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1144107)
3. **HB548 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130698)
4. **HB548 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1134572)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1355, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126247)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1375, ACRJ, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1126356)
7. **House Committee Amendment, #1524, ACRJ, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127246)
8. **House Floor Amendment, #1814, Cox, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1128994)
9. **House Floor Amendment, #2535, Cox, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1133245)
10. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1535, Pierre, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1130888)
11. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2598, JUDB, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1138269)
12. **HB548 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1142104)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#316) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#907) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#816) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenny Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-11** Effective date: 06/11/2019.
- **2019-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 243. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-06-04** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-03** Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2019-06-02** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/03/19.
- **2019-06-02** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2019-06-02** Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-05-29** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-28** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2019-05-20** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2019-05-15** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/19.
- **2019-05-02** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-02** House committee amendments rejected.
- **2019-05-02** Called from the calendar.
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/02/19.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2019-04-24** Reported with amendments (8-0-1).
- **2019-04-08** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55d7a00a-604d-4692-8d1a-c60026cc5161`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).