VITAL RECORDS/DEATH CERT: Provides with respect to which entities are entitled to receive death certificates

Labor

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Kim Carver
Last action: 2026-05-22
Official status: Signed by the Governor - Act 318
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details on why these institutions need death certificates.

Death Certificates for Financial Institutions

This act allows federally insured banks and credit unions to receive death certificates.

What This Bill Does

Adds a new part (k) to R.S. 40:41(C)(1), which says that the state registrar can give death certificates to federally insured financial institutions or their authorized agents.

Who It Names or Affects

Federally insured financial institutions such as banks and credit unions
The state registrar responsible for issuing death certificates

Terms To Know

state registrar: A person in charge of keeping important records, like birth and death certificates, at the state level.
federally insured financial institution: A bank or credit union that is protected by federal government insurance to protect customers' money.

Limits and Unknowns

The act only allows federally insured banks and credit unions, not other types of businesses.
It does not explain why these institutions need death certificates.

Bill History

2026-05-22 H
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-22 H
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 318.
2026-05-20 H
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-19 S
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-19 H
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-19 H
Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-18 S
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-11 S
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-07 S
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-06 S
Reported favorably.
2026-04-14 S
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-04-13 S
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-09 H
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-08 H
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
2026-04-07 H
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-01 H
Reported favorably (9-0).
2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-02-27 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-27 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-02-27 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

VITAL RECORDS/DEATH CERT: Provides with respect to which entities are entitled to receive death certificates

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 815
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARVER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:41(C)(1)(k), relative to vital records in the custody of the state registry; to
3 provide for the disclosure of records to federally insured financial institutions; and
4 to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:41(C)(1)(k) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §41. Disclosure of records
8 * * *
9 C.(1) The state registrar shall not permit inspection of the records or issue
10 a certificate, or any part thereof, unless he is satisfied that the applicant is any of the
11 following:
12 * * *
13 (k) A federally insured bank or federally insured credit union, or its duly
14 authorized agent.
15 * * *
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.