LA HB246 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 246

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Passed on May 29 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-29 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet Advisory Board

Title

Provides relative to the Children's Cabinet Advisory Board

Roll Calls

2026-05-26 - House - House Vote on HB 246 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1465) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-05-18 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 246 FINAL PASSAGE (#939) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-03-31 - House - House Vote on HB 246 FINAL PASSAGE (#221) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-29	House	Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-29	House	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 537.
2026-05-28	House	Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-27	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-27	House	Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-26	House	Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-25	House	Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
2026-05-19	House	Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-18	Senate	Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-11	Senate	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-07	Senate	Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-06	Senate	Reported with amendments.
2026-04-07	Senate	Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-04-01	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-31	House	Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-30	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
2026-03-26	House	Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-25	House	Reported favorably (11-0).
2026-03-09	House	Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-02-20	House	First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-20	House	Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-02-20	House	Prefiled.

Subjects

HEALTH

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB246&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1440749
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1453788
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457868
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1476895
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1480312
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454817
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1469344
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1468136
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471764
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1440753
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454091
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458059
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1469619
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1474600
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457592
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1473679
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1476590