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LouisianaHB 4252025 Regular SessionHouse

ABORTION: Provides relative to coerced abortion (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Josh Carlson (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary CAdministration of Criminal Justice

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

More protection for women facing forced abortions

Louisiana makes knowingly using or threatening force, control, or intimidation to force a pregnant woman into an unwanted abortion a crime. This applies even when no abortion is attempted or completed. Covered acts include battery, assault, simple kidnapping, false imprisonment, and extortion. The coerced-abortion offense carries up to a $5,000 fine, five years in prison, or both. The law also expressly adds threats meant to force an abortion, and threats of any other harm, to extortion rules.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Josh Carlson

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 202 • No: 37

House vote • 6/9/2025

Read by title, roll called, yeas 81, nays 19, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 81 • No: 19

Senate vote • 6/8/2025

Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 30 • No: 7

House vote • 5/14/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 80 • No: 10

House vote • 5/8/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 11 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 275.

    6/11/2025House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2025.

    6/11/2025House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/10/2025Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/10/2025House

  5. Read by title, roll called, yeas 81, nays 19, Senate amendments concurred in.

    6/9/2025House

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

    6/9/2025House

  7. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/8/2025Senate

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    6/8/2025House

  9. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/09/2025.

    6/8/2025House

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

    6/4/2025Senate

  11. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    6/3/2025Senate

  12. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.

    5/19/2025Senate

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/14/2025House

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

    5/14/2025Senate

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/14/2025.

    5/13/2025House

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

    5/12/2025House

  17. Reported with amendments (11-1).

    5/8/2025House

  18. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    4/14/2025House

  19. Prefiled.

    4/3/2025House

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

    4/3/2025House

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