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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana re-creates Department of Children and Family Services through 2031
Last action · May 26, 2026: Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.Sponsor: Dustin Miller
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What This Bill Would Do
Louisiana extends the statutory existence and authority of the Department of Children and Family Services and its associated entities until July 1, 2031, taking effect June 30, 2026.
Extends the legal authorization for a major state agency and its programs, preventing statutory termination that was previously scheduled for 2026 and setting a new review deadline for the year 2031.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Children and Family Services
Its statutory existence and legal authority to operate are extended for an additional four years.
Key Facts
- The Department of Children and Family Services and its statutory entities are re-created effective June 30, 2026.
- All statutory authority for the department will cease on July 1, 2031, unless re-created again prior to that date.
- Operations for termination are scheduled to begin on July 1, 2030, in accordance with sunset review rules.
- R.S. 49:191(3)(b) is enacted to set the new termination timeline.
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- R.S. 49:191(1)(h) is repealed in its entirety to remove previous termination dates.
- The Act becomes effective on June 30, 2026.
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Procedural history
15 actions- May 26, 2026SenateRules suspended.
- May 26, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 25, 2026SenateFloorReported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 21, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 20, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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- Apr 1, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
- Mar 26, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 25, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (10-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 20, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
- Feb 19, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 19, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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