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LA SB 43

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HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to psychedelic-assisted therapy. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-06-23 — Becomes Act No. 956 without the Governor's signature.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Patrick McMathprimary
  • Mark Wrightcosponsor
  • Joy Walterscosponsor
  • Lauren Ventrellacosponsor
  • Sylvia Taylorcosponsor
  • Joe Stagnicosponsor
  • Vincent J. St. Blanc , IIIcosponsor
  • Annie Spellcosponsor
  • Rodney Schamerhorncosponsor
  • Paul Sawyercosponsor
  • Neil Risercosponsor
  • Ed Murraycosponsor
  • Pat Moorecosponsor
  • Dustin Millercosponsor
  • Michael Melerinecosponsor
  • Dixon McMakincosponsor
  • Shane Mackcosponsor
  • Rodney Lyonscosponsor
  • Jacob Landrycosponsor
  • Vanessa Caston LaFleurcosponsor
  • Alonzo Knoxcosponsor
  • Timothy P. Kernercosponsor
  • Mike Johnsoncosponsor
  • Steven Jacksoncosponsor
  • Dodie Hortoncosponsor
  • Stephanie Hilfertycosponsor
  • Chance Henrycosponsor
  • Troy Hebertcosponsor
  • Brian Gloriosocosponsor
  • Barbara Reich Freibergcosponsor
  • Aimee Adatto Freemancosponsor
  • Adrian Fishercosponsor
  • Peter Egancosponsor
  • Michael Echolscosponsor
  • Jessica Domanguecosponsor
  • Kellee Dickersoncosponsor
  • Jason Dewittcosponsor
  • Daryl Deshotelcosponsor
  • Raymond Crewscosponsor
  • Vincent Cox IIIcosponsor
  • Kimberly Coatescosponsor
  • Emily Chenevertcosponsor
  • Tehmi Chassioncosponsor
  • Kim Carvercosponsor
  • Barbara Carpentercosponsor
  • Marcus Bryantcosponsor
  • Reese "Skip" Broussardcosponsor
  • Ken Brasscosponsor
  • Chad Boyercosponsor
  • Delisha Boydcosponsor
  • Beth Billingscosponsor
  • Stephanie Beraultcosponsor
  • Mike Bayhamcosponsor
  • Daryl Adamscosponsor
  • Glen Womackcosponsor
  • William "Bill" Wheat , Jr.cosponsor
  • Kirk Talbotcosponsor
  • Jeremy Stinecosponsor
  • Larry Selderscosponsor
  • Alan Seabaughcosponsor
  • Ed Pricecosponsor
  • Robert "Bob" Owencosponsor
  • Brach Myerscosponsor
  • Beth Mizellcosponsor
  • Gregory A. Millercosponsor
  • Blake Miguezcosponsor
  • Jay Luneaucosponsor
  • Caleb Kleinpetercosponsor
  • Samuel Jenkinscosponsor
  • Katrina Jackson-Andrewscosponsor
  • Bob Hensgenscosponsor
  • Cameron Henrycosponsor
  • John Wyblecosponsor
  • Michael "Big Mike" Fesicosponsor
  • Rick Edmondscosponsor
  • Royce Duplessiscosponsor
  • Patrick Connickcosponsor
  • Heather Cloudcosponsor
  • Gary Cartercosponsor
  • Gerald Boudreauxcosponsor
  • Adam Basscosponsor
  • Sidney Barthelemycosponsor
  • Jimmy Harriscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-06-23

    Effective date 8/1/2026.

  2. 2026-06-23

    Becomes Act No. 956 without the Governor's signature.

    became-law

  3. 2026-06-01

    Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-06-01

    Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  5. 2026-06-01

    Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    enrolled

  6. 2026-05-31

    Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  7. 2026-05-31

    Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  8. 2026-05-29

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.

  9. 2026-05-29

    Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  10. 2026-05-29

    Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

  11. 2026-05-27

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

  12. 2026-05-26

    Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  13. 2026-05-25

    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  14. 2026-05-25

    Conference committee report received.

  15. 2026-05-21

    Senate conference committee members appointed: McMath, Luneau, and Owen.

  16. 2026-05-19

    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  17. 2026-05-19

    House conferees appointed: Riser, Miller, and Egan.

  18. 2026-05-18

    Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  19. 2026-05-18

    Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays.

  20. 2026-05-11

    Received from the House with amendments.

    receipt

  21. 2026-05-07

    Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    passage

  22. 2026-05-06

    Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  23. 2026-05-05

    Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

    reading-3

  24. 2026-04-29

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  25. 2026-04-28

    Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2026-04-21

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    referral-committee

  27. 2026-04-20

    Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  28. 2026-04-15

    Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    passage

  29. 2026-04-15

    Called from the Calendar.

  30. 2026-04-08

    Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  31. 2026-04-07

    Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    reading-3

  32. 2026-04-07

    Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

  33. 2026-03-30

    Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  34. 2026-03-25

    Reported with amendments.

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2026-03-09

    Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    referral-committee

  36. 2026-02-12

    Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    filing,referral-committee

Versions

  • Senate Committee Amendment, #1132, H&W, DraftCompare
  • Senate Committee Amendment, #1313, H&W, AdoptedCompare
  • Senate Floor Amendment, #2044, McMath, AdoptedCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #4609, H&W, DraftCompare
  • House Committee Amendment, #4647, H&W, AdoptedCompare
  • House Floor Amendment, #5236, Riser, AdoptedCompare
  • Conference Committee Report, #4043, House Proposed, Senate AdoptedCompare
  • SB43 OriginalCompare
  • SB43 EngrossedCompare
  • SB43 ReengrossedCompare
  • SB43 EnrolledCompare
  • SB43 Act 956Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • CO-AUTHORS (#358)

    2026-04-15 · pass · 25-0

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Barthelemy: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Selders: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Luneau: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Connick: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Womack: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Abraham: other
    • Foil: other
    • Morris: other
    • Allain: other
    • Hensgens: other
    • Owen: other
    • Barrow: other
    • Hodges: other
    • Pressly: other
    • Cathey: other
    • Lambert: other
    • Reese: other
    • Cloud: other
    • McMath: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#357)

    2026-04-15 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Foil: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Allain: yes
    • Hensgens: yes
    • Pressly: yes
    • Barthelemy: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Reese: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Selders: yes
    • Cathey: yes
    • Luneau: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Cloud: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Connick: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Womack: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Barrow: other
    • Hodges: other
  • FINAL PASSAGE (#997)

    2026-05-07 · pass · 97-0

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • Melerine: yes
    • Adams: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Fontenot: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Bayham: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Galle: yes
    • Newell: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Geymann: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Phelps: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Hilferty: yes
    • Schamerhorn: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Horton: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • Spell: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Johnson, T.: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Carlson: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Carpenter: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • Landry, M.: yes
    • Walters: yes
    • Crews: yes
    • Larvadain: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wiley: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Dickerson: yes
    • Marcelle: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Echols: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Zeringue: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Farnum: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Bagley: other
    • Carter, W.: other
    • Landry, T.: other
    • Carrier: other
    • Edmonston: other
    • McCormick: other
    • Carter, R.: other
    • Green: other
  • REJECT (#892)

    2026-05-18 · pass · 34-1

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Foil: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Allain: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Barrow: yes
    • Hensgens: yes
    • Pressly: yes
    • Barthelemy: yes
    • Hodges: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Reese: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Luneau: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Cathey: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Cloud: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: no
    • Connick: other
    • Selders: other
    • Lambert: other
    • Womack: other
  • ADOPT (#1565)

    2026-05-29 · pass · 35-0

    Member-level votes (39)
    • Mr. President: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Mizell: yes
    • Abraham: yes
    • Fesi: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Allain: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Myers: yes
    • Barrow: yes
    • Hensgens: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Barthelemy: yes
    • Hodges: yes
    • Pressly: yes
    • Bass: yes
    • Jackson-Andrews: yes
    • Price: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Jenkins: yes
    • Reese: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Kleinpeter: yes
    • Seabaugh: yes
    • Cathey: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Stine: yes
    • Cloud: yes
    • McMath: yes
    • Talbot: yes
    • Connick: yes
    • Miguez: yes
    • Wheat: yes
    • Duplessis: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Foil: other
    • Selders: other
    • Luneau: other
    • Womack: other
  • ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1793)

    2026-05-31 · pass · 97-0

    Member-level votes (105)
    • Adams: yes
    • Farnum: yes
    • McMahen: yes
    • Amedee: yes
    • Firment: yes
    • McMakin: yes
    • Bacala: yes
    • Fisher: yes
    • Melerine: yes
    • Bamburg: yes
    • Fontenot: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Beaullieu: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Berault: yes
    • Freiberg: yes
    • Moore: yes
    • Billings: yes
    • Gadberry: yes
    • Murray: yes
    • Boudreaux: yes
    • Glorioso: yes
    • Muscarello: yes
    • Bourriaque: yes
    • Green: yes
    • Newell: yes
    • Boyd: yes
    • Hebert: yes
    • Orgeron: yes
    • Boyer: yes
    • Henry, C.: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Brass: yes
    • Henry, D.: yes
    • Phelps: yes
    • Braud: yes
    • Hilferty: yes
    • Riser: yes
    • Broussard: yes
    • Horton: yes
    • Sawyer: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Illg: yes
    • Schamerhorn: yes
    • Butler: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schlegel: yes
    • Carlson: yes
    • Johnson, M.: yes
    • Spell: yes
    • Carpenter: yes
    • Johnson, T.: yes
    • St. Blanc: yes
    • Carrier: yes
    • Jordan: yes
    • Stagni: yes
    • Carter, R.: yes
    • Kerner: yes
    • Tarver: yes
    • Carver: yes
    • Knox: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Chassion: yes
    • LaCombe: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Chenevert: yes
    • LaFleur: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Coates: yes
    • Landry, J.: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • Cox: yes
    • Landry, M.: yes
    • Ventrella: yes
    • Crews: yes
    • Landry, T.: yes
    • Villio: yes
    • Deshotel: yes
    • Larvadain: yes
    • Wilder: yes
    • Dewitt: yes
    • Lyons: yes
    • Wiley: yes
    • Dickerson: yes
    • Mack: yes
    • Wright: yes
    • Domangue: yes
    • Marcelle: yes
    • Wyble: yes
    • Echols: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Zeringue: yes
    • Edmonston: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Egan: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: other
    • Carter, W.: other
    • Walters: other
    • Bagley: other
    • Galle: other
    • Young: other
    • Bayham: other
    • Geymann: other

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