republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2025/hb-541.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Establishes a registry for individuals and entities that provide caregiving services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Establishes a registry for individuals and entities that provide caregiving services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 541"
citation: "Louisiana HB 541 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephanie Hilferty"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d8df897-3cc1-4482-992a-3bd09b4f7e80"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248587"
source_hash: "d175ecb309aa0ed7fb749b6078a9388857ce92be9397fba2cf579ccdd1946fa5"
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 541 (2025) — HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Establishes a registry for individuals and entities that provide caregiving services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB541 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404247)
2. **HB541 Act 507** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427700)
3. **HB541 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412807)
4. **HB541 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418432)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3404, Hilferty, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417583)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3034, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422473)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3069, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422581)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #3094, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422682)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3153, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423360)
10. **HB541 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424476)

## Votes

- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1138) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#656) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#796) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephanie Hilferty — primary (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Effective date: 08/01/2025.
- **2025-07-01** Becomes Act No. 507 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
- **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-11** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Senate amendments, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were concurred in.
- **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.
- **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-09** 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`
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-06-09** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-08** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2025.
- **2025-05-22** Notice given.
- **2025-05-22** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-05-21** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2025.
- **2025-05-21** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2025-05-12** Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably (11-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled. `filing`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d8df897-3cc1-4482-992a-3bd09b4f7e80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).