2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB454
Legislative Summary
Requires Medicaid coverage for certain doula services (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Demographic Impact
Overall analysis of equity impact
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Bill History
4/4/2025
Prefiled.
House of Representatives
4/4/2025
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
House of Representatives
4/23/2025
Reported favorably (13-0).
House of Representatives
4/24/2025
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
House of Representatives
5/12/2025
Discharged from the Committee on Appropriations.
House of Representatives
5/12/2025
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
5/13/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.
House of Representatives
5/14/2025
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
House of Representatives
5/14/2025
Notice given.
House of Representatives
5/14/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
House of Representatives
5/19/2025
Called from the calendar.
House of Representatives
5/19/2025
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 13. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/19/2025
Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
5/20/2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Senate
5/28/2025
Reported with amendments.
Senate
5/29/2025
Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.
Senate
5/29/2025
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
Senate
5/29/2025
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
Senate
5/29/2025
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Senate
Amendments
Senate Committee Amendment #2241 H&W Draft
Senate Committee Amendment #2241 H&W Draft
Not Adopted
Senate Committee Amendment #2361 H&W Proposed
Senate Committee Amendment #2361 H&W Proposed
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Vote on HB 454 FINAL PASSAGE (#469)
5/19/2025
83
Yea
13
Nay
0
Not Voting
9
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(5/19/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Democrat: 19
Republican: 2
Primary Sponsor
Dustin Miller
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (20)
Tehmi Chassion
Democrat
Delisha Boyd
Democrat
Ken Brass
Democrat
Wilford Carter
Democrat
Adrian Fisher
Democrat
Jason Hughes
Democrat
Steven Jackson
Democrat
Alonzo Knox
Democrat
Vanessa Caston Lafleur
Democrat
Mandie Landry
Democrat
Terry Landry Jr.
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Democrat
Denise Marcelle
Democrat
Shaun Mena
Democrat
Pat Moore
Democrat
Annie Spell
Republican
Joseph Stagni
Republican
Sylvia Taylor
Democrat
Joy Walters
Democrat
Matthew Willard
Democrat