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LouisianaHB 12392026 Regular SessionHouse

CHILDREN/CUSTODY: Provides relative to child custody

Sponsored By: Kyle M. Green Jr. (Democratic)

Became Law

Judiciary A

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Equal custody for parents, with court exceptions

Louisiana law makes equal physical custody the standard for parents with a joint-custody decree and its implementation order. Courts can order a different split if equal sharing is not feasible or is not in the child's best interest.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Kyle M. Green Jr.

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Edward J. Price

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gary Carter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

  • Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews

    Democratic • Senate

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sam Jenkins

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 137 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/18/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

House vote • 4/21/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 101 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Becomes Act No. 605 without the Governor's signature.

    6/1/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/1/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/20/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/19/2026House

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

    5/19/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/19/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/18/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/7/2026Senate

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

    5/6/2026Senate

  10. Rules suspended. Reported favorably.

    5/5/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

    4/22/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/21/2026House

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

    4/21/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

    4/20/2026House

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

    4/15/2026House

  16. Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 473 reported by the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure (6-0-1).

    4/14/2026House

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