Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HB 698 — STATE AGENCIES: Provides for state agency partnerships to improve Medicaid administration and program integrity (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Read by title, returned to the calendar.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 28, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • 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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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  2. Veto message read. Lies over under the rules.

  3. Vetoed by the Governor.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  7. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  8. Called from the calendar.

  9. Read by title, roll called, yeas 66, nays 31, Senate amendments concurred in.

  10. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  11. Received from the Senate with amendments.

  12. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/08/2021.

  13. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

  15. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  16. Reported favorably.

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

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

  19. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  20. Called from the calendar.

  21. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  22. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2021.

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

  24. Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 186 reported by the Committee on Health and Welfare (14-0).

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 24 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 (#1142)

Passed 66 Yea · 31 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191104
Republican 43204
Democrat 41800
Total 663108
% of votes cast 63%30%0%8%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Romero — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Davis — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Emerson — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Marino — Nay
Hughes — Nay
Brown — Nay
James — Nay
Jones — Nay
Pierre — Nay
Cormier — Nay
White — Nay
Willard — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Bishop — Not Voting
Huval — Not Voting
Magee — Not Voting
Glover — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Nay
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Not Voting
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Not Voting
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#944)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democrat 6000
Republican 16000
Total 38000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Pope — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Johns — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
White — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris 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
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#264)

Passed 70 Yea · 29 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 231001
Republican 44202
Democrat 31702
Total 702905
% of votes cast 67%28%0%5%
How each member voted (104)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Frieman — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Garofalo — Yea
Glover — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Romero — Yea
Huval — Yea
Coussan — Yea
Ivey — Yea
Davis — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
DuBuisson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
Emerson — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Brown — Nay
Hughes — Nay
James — Nay
Jefferson — Nay
Cormier — Nay
Jones — Nay
White — Nay
Willard — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Bishop — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Nay
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Dustin Miller Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Nay
Gary Carter Democrat Nay
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Nay
Mandie Landry Democrat Nay
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Nay
Pat Moore Democrat Nay
Robby Carter Democrat Nay
Rodney Lyons Democrat Nay
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Nay
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Nay
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Charles Owen Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Yea
Mark Wright Republican Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip DeVillier Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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HB 698 is sponsored by Tony Bacala (Republican).
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