republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2023/hb-181.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORONERS: Provides relative to telemedicine access for coroners"
description: "CORONERS: Provides relative to telemedicine access for coroners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Louisiana HB 181 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillip DeVillier"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa02f5d-b91c-4c85-b908-51ca662cdb62"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244039"
source_hash: "92c90e0d06e5de5bf54d1c99b55625559cc4ac1b76328bbb505b79c8e1c8e11f"
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 181 (2023) — CORONERS: Provides relative to telemedicine access for coroners

## Version chain

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

1. **HB181 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1305103)
2. **HB181 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1332521)
3. **HB181 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1313968)
4. **HB181 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322912)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2306, DeVillier, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318658)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3037, DeVillier, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322556)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2155, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325379)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2160, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1325549)
9. **HB181 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331061)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1056) — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#464) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#766) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phillip DeVillier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Effective date: 08/01/2023.
- **2023-06-14** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 363. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **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 100, 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. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/16/2023.
- **2023-05-15** Notice given.
- **2023-05-15** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-05-15** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2023.
- **2023-05-10** Notice given.
- **2023-05-10** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-05-10** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-05-03** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/10/2023.
- **2023-05-03** Notice given.
- **2023-05-03** Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-05-03** Called from the calendar.
- **2023-04-25** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/2023.
- **2023-04-25** Notice given.
- **2023-04-25** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2023-04-24** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/25/2023.
- **2023-04-24** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably (14-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 3/24/2023.
- **2023-03-24** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daa02f5d-b91c-4c85-b908-51ca662cdb62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).