CHILDREN: Creates the Office of the State Child Ombudsman and the state child ombudsman. (8/1/23) (EN +$293,877 GF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 30, 2023
Signed Jun 12, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 17, 2023 · House Jun 5, 2023
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 32
May 17, 2023
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Jun 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
Jun 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 4, 2023
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
Jun 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Jun 1, 2023
Committee
Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
May 31, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (8-0-1). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
May 22, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Committee
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Regina Barrow
DDemocratic
Co
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
Co
Ed Price
DDemocratic
Co
FM
Fred Mills Jr.
RRepublican
Co
Gary Carter
DDemocratic
Co
GS
Gary Smith Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald Boudreaux
DDemocratic
Co
Glen Womack
RRepublican
Co
Heather Cloud
RRepublican
Co
JR
J. Rogers Pope
RRepublican
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