Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 28 R · 24 D cosponsors

SB 84 — HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE: Provides relative to health insurance coverage for prostate cancer screening. (gov sig) (EN +$5,100 SG EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 352.

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    Introduced
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 22, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 52 sponsors

    1 primary, 51 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (28 R · 24 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    3 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill mandates health insurance coverage for prostate cancer screening.

This legislation ensures that health insurance plans must cover prostate cancer screening for patients. This aims to improve access to early detection and treatment options for prostate cancer.

What this means for you
  • Healthcare: Healthcare providers will need to ensure that prostate cancer screenings are included in their insurance offerings.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

46 added · 56 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of SB 84, a reference to "ACT No. 352" has been removed. This change may be significant as it indicates that the bill is no longer tied to that specific act, which could affect its implementation or purpose. It’s important because it can clarify the scope of the new legislation and how it interacts with existing laws.

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SLS 26RS-201 ENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
84 BY SENATORS MYERS, BARROW, BASS, DUPLESSIS AND TALBOT HEALTH/ACC INSURANCE.
84 BY SENATORS MYERS, ABRAHAM, BARROW, BASS, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CLOUD, DUPLESSIS, EDMONDS, HARRIS, HENSGENS, JACKSON-ANDREWS, JENKINS, KLEINPETER, LUNEAU, MCMATH, PRICE, SELDERS, STINE AND TALBOT AND REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, BAGLEY, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BOUDREAUX, BOYER, BRAUD, BUTLER, WILFORD CARTER, CARVER,CHASSION,FIRMENT,FREEMAN,GALLE,GLORIOSO, HEBERT, CHANCE HENRY, DANA HENRY, ILLG, JACKSON, JORDAN, LARVADAIN, MELERINE, MENA, MILLER, MOORE, MURRAY, PHELPS, SPELL, TAYLOR, WILDER AND WILEY AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
Provides relative to health insurance coverage for prostate cancer screening.
22:1028(B)(1) and to enact R.S.
(gov sig) AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
22:1028(B)(3), relative to prostate cancer screening;
22:1028(B)(1) and (E), relative to prostate cancer screening;
to provide for insurance coverage for screening of men over the age of forty in accordance with the guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network;
to provide for insurance coverage for screening of men over the age of forty in accordancewith the guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network;
to prohibit out-of-pocket expenses for cancer screeningservices;
to prohibit out-of-pocket expenses for cancer screening services;
22:1028(B)(1) and (E) are herebyamended and reenacted to read as follows:
22:1028(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
22:1028(B)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
* * * (3) Any coveragerequired pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall not be subject to any cost-sharing amount, including deductibles, coinsurance, copayment, or similar out-of-pocket expenses.
SLS 26RS-201 ENGROSSED SB NO.
SB NO.
84 * * * E.
84 ENROLLED * * * Section 2.
Any coverage required under the provisions of this Section shall not be subject to any policy or health coverage plan deductible amount cost-sharing amount, including any deductibles, coinsurance, copayment, or similar out-of- pocket expense.
* * * Section 2.
Section3.
Section 3.
This Act shall become effectiveupon signature bythe governor, or, ifnot signed by the governor, upon expiration of time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
This Act shall becomeeffectiveupon signature bythe governor, or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
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[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SB 84 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Myers Present law provides for insurance coverage for prostate cancer screeningfor men over 50 years of age.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides for insurance coverage for prostate cancer screeningfor men over 40 years of age when it is medically necessary and appropriate.
Proposed law changes this provision to provide for coverage in accordance with guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and clarifies that it covers men between 40 and 49 years of age.
Present law prohibits a health coverage plan from charging a deductible for any cancer screening service provided for in present law.
Proposedlawexpandspresentlawtoprohibitahealthcoverageplanfromcharginganycost- sharing amount for the services.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S.
22:1028(B)(1) and (E)) Page 2 of 2 Coding:
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 352.

  2. Effective date 5/22/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  8. Received from the House with amendments.

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.

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

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.

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

  15. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  16. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  17. Reported favorably.

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

  19. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 51 co-sponsors · 95 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (51)

Not signed on (95)

95 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

CONCUR (#894)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 25002
Democrat 10001
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1108)

Passed 100 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 63005
Democrat 30000
Total 100005
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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CO-AUTHORS (#48)

Failed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 21 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 70020
Democrat 10000
Unaffiliated 0001
Total 170021
% of votes cast 45%0%0%55%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Not Voting
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 Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Not Voting
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Not Voting
Blake Miguez Republican Not Voting
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Not Voting
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Franklin J. Foil Republican Not Voting
Glen Womack Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Not Voting
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Not Voting
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting

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FINAL PASSAGE (#47)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 27000
Democrat 10000
Unaffiliated 0001
Total 37001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Not Voting
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 Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
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 Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 84?
SB 84 is sponsored by Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican), III, Roger William Wilder (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Annie Spell (Republican), Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Ed Murray (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Dustin Miller (Democrat), Shaun Raphael Mena (Democrat), Michael Melerine (Republican), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Dana Henry (Democrat), Chance Keith Henry (Republican), Troy Jude Hebert (Republican), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Jr., Jack "Jay" William Gallé (Republican), Aimee Adatto Freeman (Democrat), Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Kim Carver (Republican), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Jacob Braud (Republican), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Kirk Talbot (Republican), Jeremy Stine (Republican), Larry Selders (Democrat), Edward J. Price (Democrat), Patrick McMath (Republican), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican), Sam Jenkins (Democrat), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Bob Hensgens (Republican), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Heather Cloud (Republican), Gary Carter (Democrat), Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Adam Bass (Republican), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Mark Abraham (Republican), and Brach Jerad Myers (Republican).
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