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LouisianaHB 12242026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

CHILDREN: Provides with respect to children in need of care

Sponsored By: Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Health and Welfare

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

More support services for pregnant children

Pregnant children age 17 or younger qualify for services from Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Services. Services include help coordinating medical care, counseling, case management, and protective supervision when warranted.

New child-protection rules for pregnant children

Louisiana's mandatory child-abuse reporters must report pregnancies involving children age 14 or younger to the Department of Children and Family Services. The department must begin a safety assessment when it receives such a report. Pregnancy in a child age 12 or younger is now grounds for alleging the child needs care. The pregnancy-specific service and assessment rules do not automatically require a court petition. They require no petition unless independent grounds exist under the law's child-in-need-of-care rules.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Dixon Wallace McMakin

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Kim Carver

    Republican • House

  • Mandie Landry

    Democratic • House

  • Stephanie H. Berault

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 233 • No: 5

House vote • 5/29/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 85, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 85 • No: 5

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 38 • No: 0

House vote • 5/11/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

House vote • 5/6/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 717.

    6/3/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/3/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/31/2026House

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 85, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/29/2026House

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

    5/27/2026House

  8. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/26/2026Senate

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/26/2026House

  10. Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/25/2026Senate

  11. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/21/2026Senate

  12. Reported favorably.

    5/20/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    5/12/2026Senate

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/11/2026House

  15. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    5/11/2026Senate

  16. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/7/2026House

  17. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.

    5/7/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (13-0).

    5/6/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    4/1/2026House

  20. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/31/2026House

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