Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SCR 3 — HEALTH CARE: Amends rules relative to criminal history background checks on licensed ambulance personnel and nonlicensed persons.

Last action — Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 09, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 27, 2026.

Prognosis

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 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill updates the rules for background checks on ambulance personnel.

This legislation amends the existing rules regarding criminal history background checks for licensed ambulance personnel and certain nonlicensed individuals. It aims to clarify the procedures and requirements for these background checks.

What this means for you
  • Healthcare: This means that healthcare providers will have updated guidelines for conducting background checks on ambulance staff.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

50 added · 82 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Bill SCR 3 clarifies the rules around criminal history background checks for licensed ambulance personnel and nonlicensed individuals. The updated language removes previous provisions allowing local law enforcement agencies to conduct these checks, centralizing the process with the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. This change is important because it aims to standardize how background checks are handled, potentially improving safety and ensuring consistency in the evaluation of personnel involved in emergency medical services.

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SLS 26RS-380 REENGROSSED Regular Session SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
Regular Session ENROLLED SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
3 BY SENATOR MYERS HEALTH CARE.
3 BY SENATOR MYERS A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To amend the Department of Public Safety and Corrections rule LAC 55:I.207 which provides relative to criminal history background checks on licensed ambulance personnel and nonlicensed persons;
Amends rules relative to criminal historybackground checkson licensed ambulance personnel and nonlicensed persons.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To amend the Department of Public Safety and Corrections rule LAC 55:I.207 which provides relative to criminal history background checks on licensed ambulance personnel and nonlicensed persons;
and WHEREAS,previously,parishandlocallawenforcementagencieswereallowedto performcriminalhistorychecksandreturntheapplicablecriminalhistoryinformationtoan authorized agency;
and WHEREAS, previously,parishandlocallawenforcementagencieswereallowedto performcriminalhistorychecksandreturntheapplicablecriminalhistoryinformationto an authorized agency;
and Page 1 of 3 SLS 26RS-380 REENGROSSED SCR NO.
and WHEREAS,R.S.49:969providesthatthelegislature,byconcurrentresolution,may suspend, amend, or repeal any rule adopted by a state department, agency, board, or commission.
3 WHEREAS,R.S.49:969providesthatthelegislature,byconcurrentresolution,may suspend, amend, or repeal any rule adopted by a state department, agency, board, or commission.
B.
Page 1 of 2 SCR NO.
EachrequestforacriminalhistorycheckauthorizedbyR.S.
3 ENROLLED B.EachrequestforacriminalhistorycheckauthorizedbyR.S.40:1203.2submitted to the bureau shall be accompanied by the fee of twenty-six dollars as established by R.S.
40:1203.2 submitted to the bureau shall be accompanied by the fee of twenty-six dollars as established by R.S.
E.
Effective until October 1, 2026, the bureau shall allow parish and local law enforcement agencies to perform criminal history checks and return the applicable criminal history information to an authorized agency.
Page 2 of 3 SLS 26RS-380 REENGROSSED SCR NO.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2
3 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared bySenate Legislative Services.
The keyword, summary, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] DIGEST SCR 3 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Myers Amends the Dept.
of Public Safetyand Corrections rule relative to criminal history checks for licensed ambulance personnel and nonlicensed persons to do the following:
(1) Suspend implementation of the requirement for resubmission to the Bureau of CriminalIdentificationandInformationforafingerprintbackgroundcheckwhenthe result of a name-based background check contains possible arrest information until October 1, 2026.
(2) Authorize parish and local law enforcement agencies to perform criminal history checks and return applicable criminal history information to an authorized agency until Oct.
1, 2026.
Directs the La.
Register to incorporate the amended rule into the La.
Administrative Code.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate Committee Amendments Proposed bySenate Committee on Health and Welfare to the original bill 1.
Suspends implementation of the rule until Oct.
1, 2026.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill 1.
Authorizes parish and local law enforcement agencies to perform criminal history checks and return applicable criminal history information to an authorized agency until Oct.
1, 2026.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.

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

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  5. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.

  6. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  7. Read by title, concurred in by vote of 95 yeas, 0 nays.

  8. Received from the House with amendments.

  9. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  10. Notice given.

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/13/2026.

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

  14. Reported with amendments (12-0).

  15. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.

  16. Received in the House from the Senate.

  17. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

  18. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  19. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  20. Reported with amendments.

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

  22. 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 · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CONCUR (#1236)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 8003
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
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 Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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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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 Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
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 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 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 (#276)

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 10001
Total 35004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
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 Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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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SCR 3 is sponsored by Brach Jerad Myers (Republican).
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