2025 Regular Session • Louisiana Legislature
SB182
Legislative Summary
Provides relative to Medicaid prior authorization during a declared emergency. (8/1/25) (RE NO IMPACT See Note)
Demographic Impact
Overall analysis of equity impact
70% Positive
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Bill History
4/4/2025
Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Senate
4/14/2025
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Senate
4/23/2025
Reported favorably.
Senate
4/28/2025
Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
Senate
4/29/2025
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Senate
4/30/2025
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
House of Representatives
5/5/2025
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
House of Representatives
Amendments
Senate Floor Amendment #989 Talbot Adopted
Senate Floor Amendment #989 Talbot Adopted
Adopted
Roll Call Votes
Senate Vote on SB 182 FINAL PASSAGE (#110)
4/29/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Vote on SB 182 CO-AUTHORS (#111)
4/29/2025
16
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
23
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(4/30/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Health and Welfare(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Republican: 9
Democrat: 10
Primary Sponsor

Kirk Talbot
Republican
Co-Sponsors (18)
Regina Barrow
Democrat
Gerald Boudreaux
Democrat
Gary Carter
Democrat
Royce Duplessis
Democrat
Rick Edmonds
Republican
Michael Fesi
Republican
Jimmy Harris
Democrat
Cameron Henry
Republican
Katrina Jackson-Andrews
Democrat
Samuel Jenkins
Democrat
W. Jay Luneau
Democrat
Patrick McMath
Republican
Gregory Miller
Republican
Robert Owen
Republican
Edward Price
Democrat
Larry Selders
Democrat
Jeremy Stine
Republican
Glen Womack
Republican