LA HB 181

enacted

MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid fraud detection and prevention (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did LA HB 181 pass?

Yes. LA HB 181 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-02): Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 624.

What is LA HB 181 about?

LA HB 181 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “MEDICAID: Provides for Medicaid fraud detection and prevention (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)”.

Who sponsors LA HB 181?

Tony Bacala is the primary sponsor of LA HB 181.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-06-02 — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 624.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-06-02
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 624.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-06-02
Effective date: 06/02/2026.
2026-06-01
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-06-01
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-05-31
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-29
Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-29
Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 25, Senate amendments concurred in.
2026-05-28
Called from the Calendar.
2026-05-28
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 8 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-28
Received from the Senate with amendments.
receipt
2026-05-26
Rules suspended.
2026-05-26
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
2026-05-25
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-21
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-20
Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-04
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-29
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-04-28
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-28
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-04-21
Called from the calendar.
2026-04-21
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-21
Notice given.
2026-04-21
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
2026-04-14
Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-14
Notice given.
2026-04-14
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
2026-04-13
Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
2026-04-09
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-04-08
Reported with amendments (10-6).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-18
Prefiled.
filing
2026-02-18
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
referral-committee

Versions

House Committee Amendment, #2633, H&G, DraftCompare
House Committee Amendment, #3323, H&G, AdoptedCompare
House Floor Amendment, #3605, Bacala, AdoptedCompare
Senate Floor Amendment, #4470, Kleinpeter, AdoptedCompare
HB181 OriginalCompare
HB181 EngrossedCompare
HB181 ReengrossedCompare
HB181 EnrolledCompare
HB181 Act 624Compare
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Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#787)
2026-04-28 · pass · 87-2
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Echols: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Adams: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Mack: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Egan: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Farnum: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Bagley: yes
- Firment: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Fisher: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Berault: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Billings: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Mena: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Galle: yes
- Miller: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Moore: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Braud: yes
- Green: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Owen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Riser: yes
- Butler: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Carpenter: yes
- Horton: yes
- Spell: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Illg: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carver: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Coates: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Turner: yes
- Cox: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Villio: yes
- Crews: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Wright: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Chassion: no
- Walters: no
- Bayham: other
- Larvadain: other
- Tarver: other
- Boyd: other
- Marcelle: other
- Taylor: other
- Brass: other
- Murray: other
- Ventrella: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Newell: other
- Young: other
- Freeman: other
- Phelps: other
- Knox: other
- Sawyer: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1508)
2026-05-28 · pass · 26-8
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Myers: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Owen: yes
- Allain: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Bass: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Reese: yes
- Cathey: yes
- McMath: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Cloud: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Connick: yes
- Miller: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Womack: yes
- Foil: yes
- Morris: yes
- Barrow: no
- Duplessis: no
- Jenkins: no
- Boudreaux: no
- Harris: no
- Price: no
- Carter: no
- Jackson-Andrews: no
- Barthelemy: other
- Luneau: other
- Stine: other
- Edmonds: other
- Selders: other
CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1722)
2026-05-29 · pass · 73-25
Member-level votes (105)
- Adams: yes
- Echols: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Miller: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Egan: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Farnum: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Firment: yes
- Owen: yes
- Berault: yes
- Fontenot: yes
- Riser: yes
- Billings: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Schamerhorn: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Galle: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Geymann: yes
- Spell: yes
- Brass: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Braud: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Butler: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Horton: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Carrier: yes
- Illg: yes
- Turner: yes
- Carver: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Villio: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Cox: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Crews: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Wright: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Dickerson: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Domangue: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Boyd: no
- Jordan: no
- Moore: no
- Bryant: no
- Knox: no
- Murray: no
- Carter, R.: no
- LaFleur: no
- Newell: no
- Carter, W.: no
- Landry, M.: no
- Phelps: no
- Chassion: no
- Landry, T.: no
- Taylor: no
- Freeman: no
- Larvadain: no
- Walters: no
- Green: no
- Lyons: no
- Young: no
- Henry, D.: no
- Marcelle: no
- Johnson, T.: no
- Mena: no
- Mr. Speaker: other
- Carpenter: other
- Johnson, M.: other
- Bagley: other
- Fisher: other
- Bayham: other
- Jackson: other

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