LA HB 1253

enacted

HUMAN REMAINS: Enacts the Gracey Claire Rushing Act to provide for documentation, notification, and communication in the handling and disposition of human remains and internal organs (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did LA HB 1253 pass?

Yes. LA HB 1253 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-29): Read by title.

What is LA HB 1253 about?

LA HB 1253 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “HUMAN REMAINS: Enacts the Gracey Claire Rushing Act to provide for documentation, notification, and communication in the handling and disposition of human remains and internal organs (EN NO IMPACT See Note)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 1253?

Rhonda Butler is the primary sponsor of LA HB 1253, joined by 65 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-04-29 — Read by title.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-06-01
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 727.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-06-01
Effective date: 01/01/2027.
2026-05-29
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-05-28
Received from the Senate without amendments.
receipt
2026-05-28
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-28
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-27
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-05-27
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-27
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-26
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-25
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-21
Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-13
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-12
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-05-11
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-05-07
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-05-07
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
2026-05-06
Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 454 reported by the Committee on Judiciary (14-0).
2026-04-29
Read by title.

Versions

House Floor Amendment, #5234, Butler, AdoptedCompare
House Floor Amendment, #5324, Butler, AdoptedCompare
HB1253 OriginalCompare
HB1253 EngrossedCompare
HB1253 ReengrossedCompare
HB1253 EnrolledCompare
HB1253 Act 727Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#1101)
2026-05-11 · pass · 99-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Echols: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Adams: yes
- Egan: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Farnum: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Firment: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Fisher: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Mena: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Miller: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Moore: yes
- Berault: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Murray: yes
- Billings: yes
- Galle: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Newell: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Green: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Brass: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Braud: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Horton: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Butler: yes
- Illg: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Carter, W.: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carver: yes
- Knox: yes
- Turner: yes
- Chassion: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Villio: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Walters: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Crews: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wright: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Mack: yes
- Young: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Carlson: other
- Jackson: other
- Tarver: other
- Edmonston: other
- McMahen: other
- Thompson: other
CO-AUTHORS (#1470)
2026-05-27 · fail · 11-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- McMath: yes
- Barrow: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Bass: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Cloud: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Abraham: other
- Hensgens: other
- Price: other
- Allain: other
- Hodges: other
- Reese: other
- Barthelemy: other
- Jenkins: other
- Seabaugh: other
- Boudreaux: other
- Kleinpeter: other
- Selders: other
- Carter: other
- Lambert: other
- Stine: other
- Cathey: other
- Miller: other
- Talbot: other
- Connick: other
- Mizell: other
- Wheat: other
- Fesi: other
- Morris: other
- Womack: other
- Foil: other
- Myers: other
- Harris: other
- Owen: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1469)
2026-05-27 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Morris: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Foil: yes
- Myers: yes
- Allain: yes
- Harris: yes
- Owen: yes
- Barrow: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Barthelemy: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Price: yes
- Bass: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Reese: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Carter: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Stine: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Cloud: yes
- McMath: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Womack: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Miller: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Hensgens: other
- Selders: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=251902

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-08-08T01:53:37.577634Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changes Status and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this session Session dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=LA&identifier=HB 1253. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.