LA HB 609

enacted

HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the exemption of fees for health records when requested for the federal and state veterans affairs departments

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did LA HB 609 pass?

Yes. LA HB 609 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-26. Latest recorded action (2026-02-26): Prefiled.

What is LA HB 609 about?

LA HB 609 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “HEALTH CARE/RECORDS: Provides for the exemption of fees for health records when requested for the federal and state veterans affairs departments”.

Who sponsors LA HB 609?

Tehmi Chassion is the primary sponsor of LA HB 609, joined by 35 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-02-26 — Prefiled.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-05-29
Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-29
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 558.
became-law,executive-signature
2026-05-26
Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
executive-receipt
2026-05-25
Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-25
Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
enrolled
2026-05-25
Received from the Senate without amendments.
receipt
2026-05-21
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
passage
2026-05-18
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
reading-3
2026-05-14
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-13
Reported favorably.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-31
Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-30
Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
reading-1
2026-03-26
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
passage
2026-03-25
Scheduled for floor debate on 03/26/2026.
2026-03-24
Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
reading-3
2026-03-23
Reported favorably (8-0-1).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-09
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-26
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
referral-committee
2026-02-26
Prefiled.
filing

Versions

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Documents

Votes

FINAL PASSAGE (#140)
2026-03-26 · pass · 93-0
Member-level votes (105)
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Farnum: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Adams: yes
- Firment: yes
- McMahen: yes
- Amedee: yes
- Fisher: yes
- McMakin: yes
- Bacala: yes
- Freiberg: yes
- Melerine: yes
- Bamburg: yes
- Gadberry: yes
- Mena: yes
- Bayham: yes
- Galle: yes
- Miller: yes
- Beaullieu: yes
- Glorioso: yes
- Moore: yes
- Berault: yes
- Green: yes
- Murray: yes
- Billings: yes
- Hebert: yes
- Muscarello: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Henry, C.: yes
- Newell: yes
- Bourriaque: yes
- Henry, D.: yes
- Orgeron: yes
- Boyd: yes
- Hilferty: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boyer: yes
- Horton: yes
- Phelps: yes
- Brass: yes
- Illg: yes
- Riser: yes
- Broussard: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Sawyer: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Johnson, M.: yes
- Schlegel: yes
- Butler: yes
- Johnson, T.: yes
- St. Blanc: yes
- Carlson: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Stagni: yes
- Carter, R.: yes
- Kerner: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Carver: yes
- Knox: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Chassion: yes
- LaCombe: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Chenevert: yes
- LaFleur: yes
- Turner: yes
- Coates: yes
- Landry, J.: yes
- Ventrella: yes
- Cox: yes
- Landry, M.: yes
- Villio: yes
- Crews: yes
- Landry, T.: yes
- Walters: yes
- Deshotel: yes
- Larvadain: yes
- Wilder: yes
- Dewitt: yes
- Lyons: yes
- Wiley: yes
- Domangue: yes
- Mack: yes
- Wright: yes
- Echols: yes
- Marcelle: yes
- Wyble: yes
- Edmonston: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Young: yes
- Egan: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Zeringue: yes
- Bagley: other
- Carter, W.: other
- Geymann: other
- Braud: other
- Dickerson: other
- Schamerhorn: other
- Carpenter: other
- Fontenot: other
- Spell: other
- Carrier: other
- Freeman: other
- Thomas: other
FINAL PASSAGE (#1162)
2026-05-21 · pass · 33-0
Member-level votes (39)
- Mr. President: yes
- Fesi: yes
- Mizell: yes
- Abraham: yes
- Harris: yes
- Morris: yes
- Allain: yes
- Hensgens: yes
- Myers: yes
- Bass: yes
- Hodges: yes
- Owen: yes
- Boudreaux: yes
- Jackson-Andrews: yes
- Pressly: yes
- Carter: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Price: yes
- Cathey: yes
- Kleinpeter: yes
- Reese: yes
- Cloud: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Seabaugh: yes
- Connick: yes
- Luneau: yes
- Talbot: yes
- Duplessis: yes
- Miguez: yes
- Wheat: yes
- Edmonds: yes
- Miller: yes
- Womack: yes
- Barrow: other
- Foil: other
- Selders: other
- Barthelemy: other
- McMath: other
- Stine: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=250471

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