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type: "Bill"
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title: "HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Provides for in vitro fertilization. (8/1/25)"
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description: "HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Provides for in vitro fertilization. (8/1/25)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
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legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 156"
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citation: "Louisiana SB 156 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Pressly"]
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version_count: 18
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-04-04"
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last_action: "2025-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64b555d9-6fd5-46fd-8d21-ef838bc75bab"
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source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248573"
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source_hash: "fc411bd7d84479616ec16d67147f1fd7599120c42904917bcc41a72aa30664f9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
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---
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# Louisiana SB 156 (2025) — HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Provides for in vitro fertilization. (8/1/25)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB156 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404183)
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2. **House Committee Amendment, #2578, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413306)
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3. **House Committee Amendment, #2732, CL&P, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414049)
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4. **House Committee Amendment, #2768, CL&P, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414217)
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5. **House Floor Amendment, #2970, Davis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415476)
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6. **House Floor Amendment, #3466, Davis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417925)
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7. **House Floor Amendment, #3477, Amedee, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417959)
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8. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1699, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414526)
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9. **SB156 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424990)
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10. **SB156 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407533)
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11. **SB156 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410059)
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12. **Senate Committee Amendment, #670, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1406791)
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13. **Senate Committee Amendment, #714, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407046)
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14. **Senate Committee Amendment, #730, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407168)
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15. **Senate Committee Amendment, #732, JUDA, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407222)
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16. **Senate Committee Amendment, #758, JUDA, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407358)
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17. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #871, Miller, G., Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1408342)
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18. **SB156 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1419029)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR (#414) — **30–7** (pass) · upper
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#107) — **34–5** (pass) · upper
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- AMENDMENT # 3477 BY AMEDEE, MOTION TO ADOPT (#626) — **15–73** (fail) · lower
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- FINAL PASSAGE (#627) — **78–20** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Thomas Pressly — primary (person)
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- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara Reich Freiberg — cosponsor (person)
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- Candace N. Newell — cosponsor (person)
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- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- Delisha Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
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- Foy Gadberry — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeremy LaCombe — cosponsor (person)
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- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus Bryant — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew Willard — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Melerine — cosponsor (person)
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- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney Lyons — cosponsor (person)
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- Steven Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sylvia Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry Landry Jr — cosponsor (person)
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- Vanessa Caston LaFleur — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-08** Effective date 8/1/2025.
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- **2025-06-08** Becomes Act No. 116 without the Governor's signature. `became-law`
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- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/30/2025. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-29** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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- **2025-05-29** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-28** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays.
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- **2025-05-27** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
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- **2025-05-27** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 20. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2025.
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- **2025-05-15** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-14** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
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- **2025-05-13** Reported with amendments (8-4). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-05** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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- **2025-04-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 5 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
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- **2025-04-28** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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- **2025-04-23** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `filing, referral-committee`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64b555d9-6fd5-46fd-8d21-ef838bc75bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
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