2023 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB272
Legislative Summary
Provides relative to maternity support services of doulas (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Bill History
3/28/2023
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
3/28/2023
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
House of Representatives
4/3/2023
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 4/3/2023.
House of Representatives
4/10/2023
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
House of Representatives
5/2/2023
Reported with amendments (10-0).
House of Representatives
5/3/2023
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
House of Representatives
5/15/2023
Reported favorably (20-0).
House of Representatives
5/16/2023
Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
5/18/2023
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2023.
House of Representatives
5/22/2023
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/23/2023
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
5/24/2023
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
Senate
5/31/2023
Reported favorably.
Senate
6/1/2023
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
6/3/2023
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
Senate
6/3/2023
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate
6/4/2023
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate
6/5/2023
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate
6/5/2023
Received from the Senate without amendments.
House of Representatives
6/7/2023
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
House of Representatives
6/7/2023
Signed by the President of the Senate.
Senate
6/7/2023
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
House of Representatives
6/9/2023
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 270.
House of Representatives
6/9/2023
Effective date: 08/01/2023.
House of Representatives
Amendments
House Committee Amendment #2100 INS Draft
House Committee Amendment #2100 INS Draft
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #2169 INS Proposed
House Committee Amendment #2169 INS Proposed
Not Adopted
House Floor Amendment #2346 Willard Adopted
House Floor Amendment #2346 Willard Adopted
Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate Vote on HB 272 FINAL PASSAGE (#856)
6/5/2023
38
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Vote on HB 272 CO-AUTHORS (#857)
6/5/2023
7
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
32
Absent
Result: PASSED
House Vote on HB 272 FINAL PASSAGE (#557)
5/22/2023
96
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
8
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(6/9/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 25
Republican: 5
Primary Sponsor

Matthew Willard
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (29)
Beryl Amedee
Republican
Beau Beaullieu
Republican
Delisha Boyd
Democrat
Marcus Bryant
Democrat
Barbara Carpenter
Democrat
Wilford Carter
Democrat
Kenny Cox
Democrat
Mary DuBuisson
Republican
Adrian Fisher
Democrat
Jason Hughes
Democrat
Samuel Jenkins
Democrat
Edmond Jordan
Democrat
Alonzo Knox
Democrat
Mandie Landry
Democrat
Ed Larvadain
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Democrat
Denise Marcelle
Democrat
Pat Moore
Democrat
Candace Newell
Democrat
Vincent Pierre
Democrat
Larry Selders
Democrat
Francis Thompson
Republican
Regina Barrow
Democrat
Joseph Bouie
Democrat
Gary Carter
Democrat
Royce Duplessis
Democrat
Cleo Fields
Democrat
Beth Mizell
Republican
Edward Price
Democrat