HB 1182 — OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS: Provides relative to the rules governing Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants
Last action — Becomes Act No. 933 without the Governor's signature.
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✓Introduced
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 23, 2026.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 2 recorded votes so far.
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In plain language
The bill updates rules for Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants.
This legislation modifies existing regulations regarding the practice of Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants. The changes aim to clarify and improve the standards governing these professions.
What this means for you
- Workers: Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants will be affected by updated practice rules.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
111 added · 177 removedPlain-language change summary
In the latest version of Bill HB 1182, a reference to "ACT No. 933" has been removed. This change suggests that the bill is no longer relying on or mentioning a specific previous act, which could streamline the legislation or clarify its intentions. Such adjustments can help simplify the legal framework surrounding the bill, making it easier for everyone to understand its purpose and implications.
HLSENROLLED 26RS-2035 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
1182 BY REPRESENTATIVE EGAN OCCUPATIONALAN THERAPISTS:ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Provides37:3006(introductory relativeparagraph) toand the(2), rules3007, governing3008, Occupational3009(B) Therapists and Occupational(D), TherapyAssistants3012(B)(3), ANand ACT3013(A), Torelative amendto occupational therapists and reenactoccupational R.S.therapy assistants;
37:3006(introductoryparagraph) and (2), 3007, 3008, 3009(B) and (D), 3012(B)(3), and 3013(A), relative to occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants;
37:3006(introductoryparagraph)37:3006(introductory paragraph) and (2), 3007, 3008, 3009(B) and (D), 3012(B)(3), and 3013(A) are herebyamended and reenacted to read as follows:
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37:3006, makeapplicationtomake applicationto the board for review of proof of his current certification by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
In order to obtain the benefit of this waiver, an Pageapplicant 2shall make an application for a license no later than six months after the effective date of 6this CODING:Chapter.
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HLS 26RS-2035 ENGROSSED HB NO.
1182 applicant shall make an application for a license no later than six months after the effective date of this Chapter.
Theboardmaywaivetheexaminationandgrantalicensetoanyapplicant who presents proof of current licensure as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant in another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States which requires standards for licensure considered by the board to be equivalenttotherequirementsforlicensureofthisChapter,providedthatsuchstate, districtPage or2 territory accords similar privileges of licensure5 withoutCODING: examination to holders of a license under this Chapter.
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1182 ENROLLED district or territory accords similar privileges of licensure without examination to holders of a license under this Chapter.
In order to obtain the benefit of this waiver, an Pageapplicant 3shall make application for a license no later than six (6) months after the effective date of 6this CODING:Chapter.
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1182 applicant shall make application for a license no later than six (6) months after the effective date of this Chapter.
AnypersonwhoisAnypersonwho is issued a licenselicenseasanoccupationaltherapistunderthe asanoccupationaltherapistunderthe terms of this Chapter may use the words "occupational therapist", "licensed occupational therapist", or he may use the letters "LOT", "OT" in connection with his name or place of business to denote his licensure.
In addition, any person certifiedPage or3 registeredof by5 theCODING: American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) may use the words "licensed occupational therapist, registered" or "occupational therapist, registered" or "LOTR" or "OTR".
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1182 ENROLLED certified or registered by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) may use the words "licensed occupational therapist, registered" or "occupational therapist, registered" or "LOTR" or "OTR".
$25 $100 Page(3) 4Temporary oflicense 6fee CODING:OT/OTA..
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1182 (3) Temporary license fee OT/OTA..
$75 FeesPage for4 occupational therapy assistants licensure shall be no more than two-thirds of those5 forCODING: occupational therapist licensure.
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1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 1182 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Egan Abstract:
Provides relative to the governing rules for Occupational Therapists and Occupational TherapyAssistants as it pertains to their licensure and fees.
Present law provides that applicants sit for the certification examination for occupational therapists and register for the certification examination for occupational therapyassistant.
Proposed law provides that applicants sit for the certification examination and pass the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.
Present law provides that the board shall use the examination administered by an independent agency under contract with the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
(AOTA) to administer the examinations for licensure under this Chapter and that examination.
ProposedlawchangestheAmericanOccupationalTherapyAssociation,Inc.(AOTA)tothe National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy(NBCOT).
Present law provides that the board shall waive the examination and grant a license to any person certified prior to the effective date of present law as an Occupational Therapist, Registered(OTR), or a CertifiedOccupationalTherapyAssistant (COTA)bytheAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
(AOTA), and who otherwise meets the criteria of the provisions of present law.
ProposedlawchangestheAmericanOccupationalTherapyAssociation,Inc.(AOTA)tothe National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy(NBCOT).
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1182 PresentENROLLED lawFees providesfor thatoccupational thetherapy boardassistants licensure shall waivebe theno educationalmore andthan examinationtwo-thirds requirements and grant a license to any person who gives proof of currentthose employment,for eitheroccupational ontherapist alicensure. probational or a permanent basis, in the classified state service, and who is classified therein as an Occupational Therapy Aide I, Occupational Therapy Aide II, Occupational Therapist I, Occupational Therapist II, or Occupational Therapist III.
Proposed* law* deletes* presentSPEAKER law.OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
PresentPage law5 providesof that5 anyCODING: person certified or registered by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
may use the words "licensed occupational therapist, registered" or "occupational therapist, registered" or "LOTR" or "OTR".
ProposedlawchangestheAmericanOccupationalTherapyAssociation,Inc.(AOTA)tothe National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy(NBCOT).
Presentlawprovidesthatcontinuingrequirementsshall not applyto individuals workingas occupational therapists in state facilities or employed by a state agency.
Proposed law changes "continuing requirements" to "continuing education requirements".
Present law provides that the licensure fees for occupational therapyassistants shall not be more than two-thirds of the fees for occupational therapists and the following fee schedule:
(1) Application fee.
..$50 (2) Issuance of license fee.
...$25 (3) Temporary license fee.
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..$25 (4) Renewal of license fee.
..$25 (5) Reinstatement of license fee.
.$25 (6) Late renewal fee.
.$35 (7) Reciprocity.
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$75 Proposed law eliminates the two-thirds fee provisions and changes the fee schedule to the following:
(1) Initial OT license application fee…............................$150 (2) Initial OTA license application fee…….....................$100 (3) Temporary license fee OT/OTA .
………………....$50 (4) Renewal of OT license fee…………………………..$100 (5) Renewal of OTA license fee………..........................$75 (6) Reinstatement of OT license fee.......................…… $150 (7) Reinstatement of OTA license fee…….....................
$100 (8) Late renewal fee OT…....……………….…………..$100 (9) Late renewal fee OTA…..……..................................$75 (10) Reciprocity.………………………………………..$75 (Amends R.S.
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Action History
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Becomes Act No. 933 without the Governor's signature.
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Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Reported favorably.
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Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 3. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 04/22/2026.
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Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported favorably (10-0).
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Read by title. Lies over under the rules.
Sponsors
- Peter F. Egan Sr. · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (146)
146 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 146 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 5% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gary Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Yea |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sidney Barthelemy II | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Nay |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Brach Jerad Myers | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | Republican | Yea |
| John C. "Jay" Morris | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., William "Bill" Wheat | Republican | Yea |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | 61 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 92 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 3% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Galle | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Yea |
| Landry, T. | — | Yea |
| St. Blanc | — | Yea |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Yea |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Yea |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Yea |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Yea |
| Chasity Martinez | Democrat | Yea |
| Dana Henry | Democrat | Yea |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Ed Murray | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Yea |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Yea |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Yea |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Yea |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Yea |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Yea |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Yea |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Yea |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Yea |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Yea |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Yea |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Yea |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Yea |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Yea |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Yea |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Yea |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Paul Sawyer | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Nay |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Yea |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Yea |
| Reese "Skip" Broussard | Republican | Yea |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Nay |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Yea |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Yea |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Not Voting |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Yea |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Yea |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Yea |
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- Who sponsors HB 1182?
- HB 1182 is sponsored by Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 1182?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2026. Enacted.
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