HB223Introduced in the House
Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services
Introduced by Dustin Miller, District 40
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Re-creates the Department of Children and Family Services
Where it stands
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
May 26, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
HouseStage: House Vote on HB 223 FINAL PASSAGE (#217) · March 31, 2026
99
Yes
0
No
6
Absent or Not Voting
105 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each representative voted
| Representative | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Danny McCormick | 1 | Yes |
| Steven Jackson | 2 | Yes |
| Tammy Phelps | 3 | Yes |
| Joy Walters | 4 | Absent |
| Dennis Bamburg | 5 | Yes |
| Michael Melerine | 6 | Yes |
| Lawrence Bagley | 7 | Absent |
| Raymond Crews | 8 | Yes |
| Dodie Horton | 9 | Yes |
| Wayne McMahen | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled.
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Reported favorably (10-0).
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Reported with amendments.
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
Rules suspended.
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
Verify the information
- Official page on the Louisiana Legislature website
- Senate Committee Amendment #3841 H&W Draft (amendment)
- Senate Committee Amendment #4173 H&W Proposed (amendment)
- Senate Legislative Bureau Amendment #4229 BUREAU Proposed (amendment)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Introduced (text)
- Engrossed (text)
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