Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

HB 145 — FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers (EN +$25,000 GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 621.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 13, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 03, 2026.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill provides funding for extraordinary medical and dental expenses for firemen and law enforcement officers.

This legislation allocates funds to cover extraordinary medical and dental expenses that may arise for firemen and law enforcement officers. It aims to ensure these professionals receive necessary financial support for their health care needs.

What this means for you
  • Workers: This means that firemen and law enforcement officers will have support for unexpected medical and dental expenses.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

46 added · 69 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 145, a specific reference to "ACT No. 621" has been removed. This change is important because it suggests that the bill is either no longer relying on this previous law or is updating its provisions to reflect new priorities. This could help clarify the bill's intent and ensure it aligns better with current needs.

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HLS 26RS-125 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
145 BY REPRESENTATIVE CHASSION FUNDS/FUNDING:
145 BY REPRESENTATIVE CHASSION AN ACT To amend and reenact the heading of Chapter 7-C of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of1950 andto enact R.S.
Provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers AN ACT To amend and reenact the heading of Chapter 7-C of Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and to enact R.S.
40:1668.1, relativeto the LawEnforcementOfficersandFiremen'sSurvivorBenefitReviewBoard;toprovide for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers injured in the course and scope of employment;
40:1668.1, relative to the LawEnforcementOfficersandFiremen'sSurvivorBenefitReviewBoard;toprovide for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers injured in the course and scope of employment;
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TheheadingofChapter7-CofTitle 40oftheLouisianaRevisedStatutes of 1950 is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
TheheadingofChapter7-CofTitle40oftheLouisianaRevisedStatutes of 1950 is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
It is herebydeclared to be the public policyof this state, under its police power,to provide for certainextraordinarymedical and dental expenses for firemen and law enforcement officers determined to be injured as the direct and proximate resultofaninjuryarisingoutofandin thecourseoftheperformanceoftheirofficial duties.
It is herebydeclared to be the public policyof this state, under its police power, to providefor certainextraordinarymedical and dental expenses for firemen and law enforcement officers determined to be injured as the direct and proximate resultofaninjuryarisingout ofandinthecourseoftheperformanceoftheirofficial duties.
(4) "Officer" includes firemen as defined in R.S.
40:1665 and law enforcement officers as defined in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection.
HLS 26RS-125 REENGROSSED HB NO.
HB NO.
145 (4) "Officer" includes firemen as defined in R.S.
145 ENROLLED C.
40:1665 and law enforcement officers as defined in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection.
In any case in which an officer is injured as the direct and proximate resultofaninjuryarisingout ofandin thecourseoftheperformanceoftheirofficial duties,thestateriskdirectorshallpay,asprovidedbyR.S.
C.
39:1533(A)(3),onbehalf oftheofficeranyextraordinarymedical and dental expensesincurredasdetermined by the board.
In any case in which an officer is injured as the direct and proximate resultofaninjuryarisingoutofandin thecourseoftheperformanceoftheirofficial duties,thestateriskdirectorshall pay,asprovidedbyR.S.39:1533(A)(3),onbehalf of the officeranyextraordinarymedicalanddentalexpensesincurredas determined by the board.
The maximum benefit payable shall be fifty thousand dollars per injury per officer.
The maximum benefit payable shall be twenty-five thousand dollars per injury per officer.
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The board may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Section.
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145 ENROLLED I.
The board may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Section.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 145 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Chassion Abstract:
Provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers injured in the course of their official duties.
Proposed law provides for the payment of extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers injured in the course of their official duties.
Limits the maximum benefit payable to $50,000 per injury per officer.
ProposedlawexpandsthepowersanddutiesoftheLawEnforcementOfficersandFiremen's Survivor Benefit Review Board to hear and decide claims for extraordinary medical and dental expenses.
Requires approval by the board of the extraordinary medical and dental expenses of firemen and law enforcement officers injured in the course of their official duties.
Allows the board to adopt rules and regulations.
Proposed law requires the state risk director to pay extraordinary medical and dental expenses from the Self-Insurance Fund.
Proposed law applies to extraordinarymedical or dental expenses incurred due to an injury arisingout of and in thecourseofperformanceofanofficer's duties onorafterJan.
1, 2023.
Effective July 1, 2026.
(Amends the heading of Chapter 7-C of Title 40 of the La.
Revised Statutes of 1950;
Adds R.S.
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Amendments

3 amendments

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 621.

  2. Effective date: 07/01/2026.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. Reported with amendments.

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  14. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 6. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

  17. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  18. Reported favorably (18-0).

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  20. Prefiled.

  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 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 IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1664)

Passed 99 Yea · 2 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Republican 64202
Democrat 28002
Total 99204
% of votes cast 94%2%0%4%
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 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 Yea
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 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 Nay
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 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 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 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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FINAL PASSAGE (#1211)

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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#425)

Passed 87 Yea · 6 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5101
Republican 55508
Democrat 27003
Total 876012
% of votes cast 83%6%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Galle — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Stagni — 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 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 Not Voting
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Nay
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 Nay
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 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 Yea
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 Not Voting
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Not Voting
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Nay
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Not Voting
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Not Voting
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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HB 145 is sponsored by Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat).
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