All Roll Calls
Yes: 144 • No: 0
LouisianaHB 1812025 Regular SessionHouse
CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides relative to definition of terms in the Civil Code
Sponsored By: Jeffrey "Jeff" Wiley (Republican)
Became Law
Judiciary ACivil Law and Procedure
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Different custody rules for nonparent caregivers
Grandparents and other ancestors, excluding parents, have parental authority when awarded custody. Other nonparent caregivers awarded custody must follow tutorship rules—the rules for legal guardians—unless a court order changes them. The provision sets no direct payment or cost.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jeffrey "Jeff" Wiley
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/29/2025
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.
Yes: 38 • No: 0
House vote • 5/6/2025
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 • 4/28/2025
Reported favorably
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/3/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/2/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/2/2025SenateRules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
5/29/2025SenateReceived from the Senate without amendments.
5/29/2025HouseReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
5/27/2025SenateRules suspended.
5/21/2025SenateRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
5/21/2025SenateReported favorably.
5/20/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
5/7/2025SenateRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
5/6/2025HouseReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
5/6/2025SenateScheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2025.
5/5/2025HouseRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
4/29/2025HouseReported favorably (9-0).
4/28/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
3/31/2025HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
3/31/2025HouseBecomes Act No. 488 without the Governor's signature.
7/1/2024HouseEffective date: 08/01/2025.
7/1/2024House
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