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Louisiana House Bill 1253
Session 2026
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)
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Jun 1, 2026
First Action
Apr 29, 2026
Latest Action
Jun 1, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1253
State
Louisiana
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Rhonda Gaye Butler
Primary
Republican
Adam Bass
Cosponsor
Democrat
Adrian Fisher
Cosponsor
Republican
Annie Spell
Cosponsor
Republican
Barbara Reich Freiberg
Cosponsor
Republican
Beryl A. Amedée
Cosponsor
Republican
Beth Billings
Cosponsor
Republican
Blake Miguez
Cosponsor
Republican
Brett F. Geymann
Cosponsor
Republican
Brian Glorioso
Cosponsor
Democrat
Candace N. Newell
Cosponsor
Republican
Chad Boyer
Cosponsor
Republican
Charles Anthony Owen
Cosponsor
Democrat
Chasity Martinez
Cosponsor
Republican
Debbie Villio
Cosponsor
Democrat
Delisha Boyd
Cosponsor
Republican
Dodie Horton
Cosponsor
Republican
Doyle Boudreaux
Cosponsor
Democrat
Dustin Miller
Cosponsor
Democrat
Edmond Jordan
Cosponsor
Republican
Emily Chenevert
Cosponsor
Republican
Heather Miley Cloud
Cosponsor
Republican
J. Cameron Henry, Jr.
Cosponsor
Republican
Jacob Landry
Cosponsor
Republican
Jason DeWitt
Cosponsor
Republican
Jeremy S. LaCombe
Cosponsor
Republican
Jessica Domangue
Cosponsor
Republican
John R. Illg, Jr.
Cosponsor
Republican
John Wyble
Cosponsor
Democrat
Joy Walters
Cosponsor
Democrat
Katrina R. Jackson
Cosponsor
Republican
Kellee Hennessy
Cosponsor
Republican
Kim Carver
Cosponsor
Republican
Kim Coates
Cosponsor
Democrat
Kyle M. Green, Jr.
Cosponsor
Republican
Laurie Schlegel
Cosponsor
Republican
Mike Bayham
Cosponsor
Democrat
Patricia "Pat" Moore
Cosponsor
Republican
Patrick McMath
Cosponsor
Republican
Peter Egan
Cosponsor
Republican
Phillip R. DeVillier
Cosponsor
Republican
R. Dewith Carrier
Cosponsor
Democrat
Rashid Young
Cosponsor
Unknown
Reese "Skip" Broussard
Cosponsor
Democrat
Regina Ashford Barrow
Cosponsor
Republican
Rick Edmonds
Cosponsor
Democrat
Robby Carter
Cosponsor
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Cosponsor
Republican
Rodney Wayne Schamerhorn
Cosponsor
Republican
Roger Wilder
Cosponsor
Democrat
Roy Daryl Adams
Cosponsor
Democrat
Royce Duplessis
Cosponsor
Republican
Stephanie Berault
Cosponsor
Republican
Stephanie Hilferty
Cosponsor
Democrat
Steven Jackson
Cosponsor
Democrat
Sylvia Taylor
Cosponsor
Democrat
Tehmi Chassion
Cosponsor
Unknown
Terry Landry Jr
Cosponsor
Republican
Thomas Pressly
Cosponsor
Republican
Timothy P. Kerner
Cosponsor
Republican
Tony Bacala
Cosponsor
Republican
Troy Hebert
Cosponsor
Democrat
Vanessa Caston LaFleur
Cosponsor
Republican
Vincent "Vinney" J. St. Blanc III
Cosponsor
Democrat
W. Jay Luneau
Cosponsor
Democrat
Wilford Dan Carter, Sr.
Cosponsor
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (2)
checkPassed on May 11, 2026
Motion Text
FINAL PASSAGE (#1101)
House Roll Call Votes
Democrat
Adrian Fisher
Yes
Democrat
Aimee Adatto Freeman
Yes
Democrat
Alonzo L. Knox
Yes
Unknown
Amedee
Yes
Republican
Annie Spell
Yes
Republican
Barbara Reich Freiberg
Yes
Democrat
Barbara W. Carpenter
Yes
Republican
Beth Billings
Yes
Republican
Bob Owen
Yes
Republican
Brett F. Geymann
Yes
Republican
Brian Glorioso
Yes
Republican
Bryan Fontenot
Yes
Democrat
C. Denise Marcelle
Yes
Democrat
C. Travis Johnson
Yes
Democrat
Candace N. Newell
Yes
Republican
Chad Boyer
Yes
Republican
Chance Henry
Yes
Democrat
Chasity Martinez
Yes
Republican
Christopher Turner
Yes
Democrat
Dana Henry
Yes
Republican
Danny McCormick
Yes
Republican
Daryl Andrew Deshotel
Yes
Republican
Debbie Villio
Yes
Democrat
Delisha Boyd
Yes
Republican
Dennis Bamburg
Yes
Republican
Dixon McMakin
Yes
Republican
Dodie Horton
Yes
Democrat
Ed Larvadain III
Yes
Democrat
Ed Murray
Yes
Democrat
Edmond Jordan
Yes
Republican
Emily Chenevert
Yes
Republican
Foy Bryan Gadberry
Yes
Republican
Francis C. Thompson
Other
Unknown
Galle
Yes
Republican
Gerald "Beau" Alphonse Beaullieu, IV
Yes
Democrat
Gerald Boudreaux
Yes
Republican
Greg Miller
Yes
Republican
Jack G. McFarland
Yes
Republican
Jacob Braud
Yes
Republican
Jacob Landry
Yes
Republican
Jason DeWitt
Yes
Republican
Jeff Wiley
Yes
Republican
Jeremy S. LaCombe
Yes
Republican
Jerome "Zee" Zeringue
Yes
Republican
Jessica Domangue
Yes
Republican
John R. Illg, Jr.
Yes
Republican
John Wyble
Yes
Republican
Joseph A. Stagni
Yes
Republican
Joseph Orgeron
Yes
Republican
Josh Carlson
Other
Democrat
Joy Walters
Yes
Republican
Kathy Edmonston
Other
Republican
Kellee Hennessy
Yes
Democrat
Kendricks "Ken" Brass
Yes
Republican
Kim Carver
Yes
Republican
Kim Coates
Yes
Democrat
Kyle M. Green, Jr.
Yes
Republican
Lauren Ventrella
Yes
Republican
Laurie Schlegel
Yes
Republican
Lawrence A. "Larry" Bagley
Yes
Republican
Leslie "Les" Farnum
Yes
Democrat
Mandie Landry
Yes
Democrat
Marcus Anthony Bryant
Yes
Republican
Mark Wright
Yes
Republican
Michael "Gabe" Firment
Yes
Republican
Michael Charles Echols
Yes
Republican
Michael Melerine
Yes
Republican
Michael T. Johnson
Yes
Republican
Mike Bayham
Yes
Unknown
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Republican
Neil Riser
Yes
Republican
Nicholas Muscarello, Jr.
Yes
Democrat
Patricia "Pat" Moore
Yes
Republican
Paul Sawyer
Yes
Republican
Peter Egan
Yes
Republican
Phillip Eric Tarver
Other
Republican
Polly Thomas
Yes
Republican
R. Dewith Carrier
Yes
Democrat
Rashid Young
Yes
Republican
Raymond J. Crews
Yes
Republican
Rhonda Gaye Butler
Yes
Democrat
Robby Carter
Yes
Democrat
Rodney Lyons
Yes
Republican
Rodney Wayne Schamerhorn
Yes
Republican
Roger Wilder
Yes
Democrat
Roy Daryl Adams
Yes
Republican
Ryan Joseph Bourriaque
Yes
Democrat
Shaun Mena
Yes
Republican
Sherman Q. Mack
Yes
Republican
Skip Broussard
Yes
Republican
Stephanie Berault
Yes
Republican
Stephanie Hilferty
Yes
Democrat
Steven Jackson
Other
Democrat
Sylvia Taylor
Yes
Democrat
Tammy T. Phelps
Yes
Democrat
Tehmi Chassion
Yes
Democrat
Terry Landry
Yes
Republican
Timothy P. Kerner
Yes
Republican
Tony Bacala
Yes
Republican
Troy Hebert
Yes
Democrat
Vanessa Caston LaFleur
Yes
Republican
Vincent "Vinney" J. St. Blanc III
Yes
Republican
Vincent Cox
Yes
Republican
Wayne McMahen
Other
Democrat
Wilford Dan Carter, Sr.
Yes
Summary
Unavailable
Text (7)
HB1253 Act 727
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1480683
HB1253 Enrolled
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1478031
HB1253 Reengrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471076
HB1253 Engrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1469215
HB1253 Original
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1469136
House Floor Amendment, #5324, Butler, Adopted
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1470616
House Floor Amendment, #5234, Butler, Adopted
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1470108
Documents (4)
Resume Digest for HB1253
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1484315
Digest of HB1253 Reengrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471227
Digest of HB1253 Engrossed
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1469244
Digest of HB1253 Original
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1469137
Actions (19)
06/01/2026
House
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 727.
06/01/2026
House
Effective date: 01/01/2027.
05/29/2026
House
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
05/28/2026
House
Received from the Senate without amendments.
05/28/2026
House
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
05/28/2026
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate.
05/27/2026
Senate
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
05/27/2026
Senate
Called from the Calendar.
05/27/2026
Senate
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
05/26/2026
Senate
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
05/25/2026
Senate
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
05/21/2026
Senate
Reported favorably.
05/13/2026
Senate
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
05/12/2026
Senate
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
05/11/2026
House
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
05/07/2026
House
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
05/07/2026
House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
05/06/2026
House
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).
04/29/2026
House
Read by title.
Sources
LA Legislature
Open States
https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB1253/
Record Created
May 6, 2026 6:46:54 AM
Record Updated
Aug 8, 2026 12:22:00 AM
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