Louisiana Right to Life actively works to defend life in the Louisiana Capitol by passing pro-life legislation and stopping anti-life legislation and amendments. To accomplish this mission, we need pro-life legislators committed to voting for life!
The following table lists Louisiana Right to Life’s scored pro-life votes in the Louisiana House of Representatives during the 2020-2023 Legislative Term. Below the table you will find the scorecard key and the list of scored votes.
Please note:
2020-2023 House Scored Votes
- 1. Adoption Tax Deduction Act (2021)
- HB 424; Authored by Rep. Jack McFarland
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Provides state tax deductions to families who adopt an infant privately or through foster care.
- Bill passed and signed by the Governor – Act 378
- 2. Protection Minors in Abortion Act(2021)
- HB 357; Authored by Rep. Raymond Crews
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Limits the jurisdiction of a judicial bypass (which is an exception required by the Supreme Court to parental consent and allows minors to get abortions through a judge’s determination). This will make the judicial bypass process go through a judge in the minor woman’s civil parish (with some exceptions) instead of having the option to go to the judge in the civil parish where the abortion facility operates. HB 357 also collects important data on minors having abortion after receiving a judicial bypass.
- Bill passed and signed by Governor – Act 482
- 3. Hospital Complication Reporting Act (2021)
- HB 423; Authored by Rep. Julie Emerson
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Requires hospitals to report to the Louisiana Department of Health when they treat a complication from an abortion. This information will provide clear information to courts and the public about the rate of complications from abortion.
- Bill passed and signed by Governor – Act 425
- 4. Abortion Pill Reversal Disclosure Act (2021)
- HB 578; Authored by Rep. Beryl Amedée
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Requires that when a physician or agent thereof administers mifepresone (the first abortion pill in the chemical/medical abortion process) to a pregnant woman, he or she shall provide a disclosure statement to her letting her talk to her doctor if she regrets her abortion to see what options might be available to her to help her continue her pregnancy and save her baby.
- Bill passed and signed by Governor – Act 483
- 5. Adoption Education Expansion Act (2022)
- HB 274; Authored by Rep. Rick Edmonds
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Expands the information required to be provided in adoption awareness instruction for public high school students, including the benefits of adoption to society; the types of adoption available; the difference between foster care and infant adoption; the reasons adoption is preferable to abortion; public and private resources and agencies available to assist in the adoption process; statistical data on abortion, adoption, and childbirth; and public and private resources available for pregnant mothers and parents.
- Bill passed and signed by Governor – Act 456
- 6. Life Sustaining Care Act (2022)
- HB 459; Authored by Rep. Charles Owen
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Would have protected patients from having life-sustaining care withdrawn or withheld against their will. Unfortunately, while it passed in the House, the bill was withdrawn in the Senate committee.
- Bill passed in the House but died in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
- 7. Judicial Bypass Enhancement Act (2022)
- HB 989; Authored by Rep. Raymond Crews
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Would have given judges further guidance for the situation where a minor is seeking an abortion without parental consent. In some instances, this judicial process is used when the parent expressly says no, but the pregnant minor seeks to go against the parent’s wishes. Many parishes do not have a juvenile court, so this bill would have been very important to give much-needed guidelines for the judge in the maturity determination. While the bill passed the House, it failed to pass the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
- Bill passed in the House but died in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
- 8. Vaccine-Abortion Connection Transparency Act (2022)
- HB 640; Authored by Rep. Mark Wright
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Would have required that all vaccines indicate on their packaging and informed consent documents whether they were or were not produced with abortion-derived cells or human embryonic-derived cells. While it passed the House, it unfortunately died in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
- Bill passed in the House but died in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
- 9. Cell Phones in Abortion Facility Act (2022)
- SB 104; Authored by Sen. Beth Mizell
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Fairly gives women access to their cell phones in abortion facilities. For years, abortion facilities have been unfairly denying women, who often wait in the waiting room for hours, access to their cell phones, even to communicate with family or friends.
- Bill passed and signed by the Governor – Act 537
- 10. Reaffirmation of the Human Life Protection Act (2022)
- SB 342; Authored by Sen. Katrina Jackson
- House Vote on Final Passage; LATRL Supported
- Reaffirms Louisiana’s pro-life law that protects every unborn baby from abortion when Roe v. Wade is overturned.
- Bill passed and signed by the Governor – Act 545
- 11. Amendment #4784 to Reaffirmation of the Human Life Protection Act (2022)
- Amendment #4784 to SB 342; Authored by Rep. Glover
- House Vote on Amendment; LARTL opposed Amendment
- This amendment would allow abortions in cases of rape and incest. The entire bill, SB 342 by Senator Katrina Jackson, reaffirms Louisiana’s pro-life law that protects every unborn baby from abortion when Roe v. Wade is overturned.
- Amendment rejected, Bill passed and signed by the Governor without this amendment – Act 545.
- 12. Stopping Illegal Sale of Chemical Abortion Act (2022)
- SB 388; Authored by Sen. Sharon Hewitt
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Creates the crime of the illegal sale of chemical abortions, especially when ordered online without medical oversight.
- Bill passed and signed by the Governor – Act 548
- 13. Pregnancy Medical Support Act (2023)
- HB 5; Authored by Rep. Larry Frieman
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Allows a mother of a child to take action against the father of the child to recover fifty percent of documented out-of-pocket pregnancy-related medical expenses. Louisiana Right to Life supports this bill because mothers should receive assistance from fathers while pregnant.
- Bill passed in the House and the Senate.
- 14. Provides for a Commemorative Certificate of Nonviable Birth Act (2023)
- HB 457; Authored by Rep. Raymond Crews
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Provides the ability for a citizen to receive a commemorative certificate in the tragic situation of a miscarriage.
- Bill passed in the House and the Senate.
- 15. Adoption Tax Credit Act (2023)
- HB 443; Authored by Rep. Rick Edmonds
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- Establishes a $5,000 refundable individual income tax credit for adopting an unrelated person, whether through private adoption or foster care. Adoption is an important way we can help mothers and babies, and providing this tax credit will help ease the financial challenge presented by adoption.
- Bill passed in the House and the Senate.
- 16. Tax Credit for Donations to Maternal Wellness Centers Act (2023)
- SB 41; Authored by Sen. Beth Mizell
- House Vote on Final Passage; LARTL Supported
- It is the goal of this legislation to provide incentives through tax credits to entities and individuals to donate to eligible maternal wellness centers that improve the quality of life for Louisiana mothers and families. Maternal wellness centers assist mothers with essential services such as pre-natal and parenting classes, counseling, medical resources, and assistance with material needs. The presence of quality pre-natal and post-natal care and support ensures healthy outcomes for Louisiana mothers and their children.
- Bill passed in the House and Senate.
