2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
HB617
Legislative Summary
Reorganizes the Department of Children and Family Services (RE NO IMPACT 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 House and Governmental Affairs.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
House of Representatives
4/23/2025
Reported with amendments (13-0).
House of Representatives
4/24/2025
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
House of Representatives
4/28/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2025.
House of Representatives
4/29/2025
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
House of Representatives
5/20/2025
Notice given.
House of Representatives
5/20/2025
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/21/2025.
House of Representatives
5/21/2025
Rules suspended, called out of its regular order.
House of Representatives
5/21/2025
Called from the calendar.
House of Representatives
5/21/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
House of Representatives
5/27/2025
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Senate
5/28/2025
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Senate
Amendments
House Committee Amendment #1364 H&G Draft
House Committee Amendment #1364 H&G Draft
Not Adopted
House Floor Amendment #1815 Carver Proposed
House Floor Amendment #1815 Carver Proposed
Not Adopted
House Committee Amendment #1591 H&G Proposed
House Committee Amendment #1591 H&G Proposed
Not Adopted
Roll Call Votes
House Vote on HB 617 FINAL PASSAGE (#538)
5/21/2025
98
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
7
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(5/27/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Health & Welfare(Senate)
Sponsors
Republican: 35
Democrat: 7
Primary Sponsor
Kim Carver
Republican
Co-Sponsors (41)
Beryl Amedee
Republican
Tony Bacala
Republican
Dennis Bamburg
Republican
Stephanie Berault
Republican
Beth Billings
Republican
Chad Boyer
Republican
Jacob Braud
Republican
Marcus Bryant
Democrat
Emily Chenevert
Republican
Kimberly Coates
Republican
Vincent Cox
Republican
Raymond Crews
Republican
Kellee Dickerson
Republican
Jessica Domangue
Republican
Kathy Edmonston
Republican
Gabe Firment
Republican
Adrian Fisher
Democrat
Barbara Freiberg
Republican
Brian Glorioso
Republican
Troy Hebert
Republican
Chance Henry
Republican
Stephanie Hilferty
Republican
Steven Jackson
Democrat
Mike Johnson
Republican
Timothy Kerner
Republican
Jeremy LaCombe
Republican
Shane Mack
Republican
Dixon McMakin
Republican
Michael Melerine
Republican
Pat Moore
Democrat
Candace Newell
Democrat
Charles Owen
Republican
Laurie Schlegel
Republican
Annie Spell
Republican
Joseph Stagni
Republican
Sylvia Taylor
Democrat
Francis Thompson
Republican
Joy Walters
Democrat
Roger Wilder
Republican
Mark Wright
Republican
John Wyble
Republican