VITAL RECORDS/DEATH CERT: Provides with respect to which entities are entitled to receive death certificates

Looking ahead

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History

1. 2026
   1. May 22Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 318.Became Law
   2. May 22Effective date: 08/01/2026.
   3. May 20Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
   4. May 19Received from the Senate without amendments.Minor
   5. May 19Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
   6. May 19Signed by the President of the Senate.
   7. May 18Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
      • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#945). Result: pass.Upper
   8. May 11Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
   9. May 7Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
   10. May 6Reported favorably.Minor
   11. Apr 14Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
   12. Apr 13Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
   13. Apr 9Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
       • Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#410). Result: pass.Lower
   14. Apr 8Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
   15. Apr 7Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
   16. Apr 1Reported favorably (9-0).Minor
   17. Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
   18. Feb 27Prefiled.Minor
   19. Feb 27Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.Minor
   20. Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.Introduced