2026 Regular Session
SB29
Requires coroners to report certain information regarding sudden child deaths. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Partner positions
Likes
No public reasoning provided.
SB29 helps ensure that investigators have the full picture when examining sudden child deaths.Because vaccines are not always administered by a child's pediatrician, for example Shots for Tots, looking at the state database, LINKS, will ensure all medical records are included in the legally required autopsy of an infant 1 year of age or younger who dies suddenly and without explanation.
No public reasoning provided.
Recorded floor votes
7 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 29 FINAL PASSAGE (#90)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 29 CO-AUTHORS (#91)
Passed
10 yea–0 nay · 28 absent
May 7, 2026 · House
House Vote on SB 29 FINAL PASSAGE (#1024)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
76 yea–12 nay · 17 absent
May 18, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 29 AMENDMENT # 1119 BY MCMATH REJECT (#887)
Passed
35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent
May 18, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 29 REJECT (#887)
Passed
35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent
May 29, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 29 ADOPT (#1564)
Passed
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
May 31, 2026 · House
House Vote on SB 29 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1802)
Passed
85 yea–11 nay · 9 absent
Committee referrals
March 25, 2026 · House
Health and Welfare
February 3, 2026 · Senate
Health & Welfare
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Effective date 8/1/2026.
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Senate Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 732.
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Senate Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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House Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Senate Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
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House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 85, nays 11. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. View roll call
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
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House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
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Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
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Senate Conference committee report received.
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House Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
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House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: McMath, Luneau, and Owen.
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Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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House House conferees appointed: Egan, Miller, and Berault.
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House Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
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Senate Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.
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Senate Received from the House with amendments.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 12. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
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House Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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House Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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House Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Senate Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.