republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2025/hb-617.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CHILDREN/DCFS: Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "CHILDREN/DCFS: Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 617"
citation: "Louisiana HB 617 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kim Carver"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6d76c76-7f6c-4de9-a55e-30c9753258ed"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248697"
source_hash: "aa8f268ce95a0be39cae15e83e98e95a1b49b3fb3a94ecb30a3466f7a7b6db3b"
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 617 (2025) — CHILDREN/DCFS: Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB617 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404595)
2. **HB617 Act 477** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1427663)
3. **HB617 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408077)
4. **HB617 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417205)
5. **House Committee Amendment, #1364, H&G, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406580)
6. **House Committee Amendment, #1591, H&G, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408045)
7. **House Floor Amendment, #1815, Carver, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409199)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2815, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421463)
9. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2872, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421742)
10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3038, McMath, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422476)
11. **HB617 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424560)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#538) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#809) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1146) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#810) — **13–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kim Carver — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Annie Spell — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Brach Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chance Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Bamburg Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Dixon McMakin — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Chenevert — cosponsor (person)
- Francis C. Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jacob Braud — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Domangue — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Joy Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Edmonston — cosponsor (person)
- Kellee Dickerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Coates — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Pat Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Mack — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Hilferty — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy P. Kerner — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Bacala — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Hebert — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date: See Act.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 477. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-12** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments 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** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
- **2025-06-08** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2025-06-08** Rules suspended.
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-05-21** Called from the calendar.
- **2025-05-21** Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
- **2025-05-20** Notice given.
- **2025-04-29** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2025.
- **2025-04-24** Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Reported with amendments (13-0). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. `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/a6d76c76-7f6c-4de9-a55e-30c9753258ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).