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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH/CHILDREN: Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child"
description: "HEALTH/CHILDREN: Prohibits certain procedures to alter the sex of a minor child"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 648"
citation: "Louisiana HB 648 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabe Firment"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-05-04"
last_action: "2023-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c8eccd5-8b20-48d1-8fc6-f99b1af7c3f2"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=244986"
source_hash: "6057409723121037033339025a9248e13fdae2de19e1bc43da963ad9ae6c09f0"
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 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](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1318868)
2. **HB648 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1334496)
3. **HB648 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1319030)
4. **HB648 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322786)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #2880, Firment, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1321887)
6. **House Floor Amendment, #3000, Magee, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1322435)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2700, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328751)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2724, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1328861)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2820, Morris, Jay, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1329613)
10. **HB648 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1331071)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c8eccd5-8b20-48d1-8fc6-f99b1af7c3f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).