Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 R · 4 D cosponsors

SB 405 — NURSING HOMES: Provides for a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities. (8/1/26) (EN GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 896.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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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 March 10, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 09, 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.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 4 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

In plain language

The bill establishes a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities.

This legislation creates a program aimed at overseeing the quality of care in nursing homes throughout the state. It intends to enhance the standards of nursing facilities to ensure better services for residents.

What this means for you
  • Families: This means families can expect improved oversight and potentially better care for their loved ones in nursing facilities.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

30 added · 55 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 405 includes additional clarifying language regarding the responsibilities of the Louisiana Department of Health, specifically related to its office of aging. While certain wording was removed, the intent remains the same, ensuring that the department is clearly tasked with specific duties related to health and aging services. This change is important as it helps define the agency's roles more clearly, which can lead to better health outcomes for aging populations in Louisiana.

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SLS 26RS-674 ENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE BILL NO.
Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE BILL NO.
405 BY SENATOR TALBOT NURSING HOMES.
405 BY SENATORS TALBOT, BASS, BOUDREAUX, EDMONDS, MCMATH, MYERS, PRICE AND WHEAT AN ACT To enact R.S.
Provides for a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities.
(8/1/26) AN ACT To enact R.S.
to provide for the duties andresponsibilities oftheLouisianaDepartmentofHealth;
to providefor the duties and responsibilities oftheLouisianaDepartmentofHealth;to provide for reporting;
to provide for reporting;
(2)Thelong-termgoalshallbetocreateamorerobuststatewidequality oversight system capable of supporting and driving continuous improvement Page 1 of 3 Coding:
(2)Thelong-termgoalshallbetocreateamorerobuststatewidequality oversight system capable of supporting and driving continuous improvement and overall system level changes.
(3)Stakeholders,includingtradeandadvocacyassociations,individuals engaged in the daily operational practice of nursing facility care, and quality improvement organizations, shall be identified and utilized by the department to build a coordinated approach centered on collaboration, education, and practical tools.
B.TheLouisiana DepartmentofHealth, through theofficeofagingand adult services, shall identify and develop internal subject-matter experts to support the statewide quality oversight initiative.
The department may utilize Page 1 of 2 Coding:
SLS 26RS-674 ENGROSSED SB NO.
SB NO.
405 and overall system level changes.
405 ENROLLED such efforts as considered appropriate, including but not limited to:
(3)Stakeholders,includingtradeandadvocacyassociations,individuals engaged in the daily operational practice of nursing facility care, and quality improvement organizations, shall be identified and utilized by the department to build a coordinated approach centered on collaboration, education, and practical tools.
B.TheLouisiana Departmentof Health, through theofficeofagingand adult services, shall identify and develop internal subject-matter experts to support the statewide quality oversight initiative.
The department may utilize such efforts as considered appropriate, including but not limited to:
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 405 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Talbot Proposed law requires the La.
Dept.
of Health to develop a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities.
Proposed law provides for the short- and long-term goals of the initiative.
Proposed law requires the La.
Dept.
of Health to identify and utilize stakeholders to build a coordinated approach on qualityimprovement.
Proposed law requiresthe officeof agingand adult servicestoidentifyanddevelop internal subject-matter experts to support the statewide quality oversight initiative.
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Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
SLS 26RS-674 ENGROSSED SB NO.
405 Proposed law requires the La.
Dept.
of Health to submit a status report to the health and welfare committees on Jan.
1, 2028 and annually on Jan.
1st thereafter.
Effective August 1, 2026.
(Adds R.S.
40:2009.10.2) Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed bySenate Committee on Health and Welfare to the original bill 1.
Removes requirements relative to facilities with a one-star rating.
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Requires the La.
Dept.
of Health to establish a statewide quality oversight initiative for nursing facilities.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 896.

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

  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. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  8. Received from the House without amendments.

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

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  11. Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  13. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  15. Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.

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

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

  18. Reported with amendments.

  19. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  20. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (137)

137 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

FINAL PASSAGE (#1637)

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 26004
Republican 63005
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 950010
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
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 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 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 Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
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 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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CO-AUTHORS (#827)

Failed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 32 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 50022
Democrat 2009
Unaffiliated 0001
Total 70032
% of votes cast 18%0%0%82%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Not Voting
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Not Voting
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Not Voting
Blake Miguez Republican Not Voting
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Yea
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Not Voting
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
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 (#826)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 26001
Democrat 9002
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 405?
SB 405 is sponsored by Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Jr., William "Bill" Wheat (Republican), Edward J. Price (Democrat), Brach Jerad Myers (Republican), Patrick McMath (Republican), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Adam Bass (Republican), and Kirk Talbot (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 405?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 10, 2026. Enacted.
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