HB 427 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for a reversionary trust

HB 427, titled "CIVIL/PROCEDURE: Provides for a reversionary trust," establishes provisions related to the administration of a reversionary medical trust. The bill clarifies that the trust is intended to authorize payments for medical claims and related benefits. It mandates that the trustee managing this medical trust must provide an annual accounting to the claimant, detailing all payments made on their behalf for medical care and related benefits.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 4, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB427 Reengrossed → HB427 Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 28, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized as the Engrossed version, removing several sponsors from the original list and adding a formal abstract and digest to clarify the law's purpose. Substantively, the text was reorganized to streamline the trustee's duties, changing the requirement to prepare 'instruments' to instead prepare 'vouchers or warrants' and evaluate claims. The annual accounting requirement was retained, and the provision regarding the return of funds upon the claimant's death remains unchanged.

REQUIREMENT

The specific mechanism for the trustee to authorize payments was updated from preparing 'instruments' to preparing 'vouchers or warrants' and evaluating claims.

TECHNICAL

The list of bill sponsors was reduced, removing representatives Butler, Dickerson, McFarland, and McMakin from the official sponsor list.

A formal abstract and digest were added to the document to provide a clear summary of the bill's intent and legal definitions.

Floor votes · House Apr 28, 2025

How they voted

60–23

Passed · 18 other

Total votes 101

Apr 28, 2025

D Democratic30

1 Yea 19 Nay 10

63% Nay

R Republican71

59 Yea 4 Nay 8

83% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 63, nays 23. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (10-2-1).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

lower

1 primary · 31 co-sponsors