Louisiana 2021 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 20 D · 13 R cosponsors

SB 150 — GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM: Requires the Office of Group Benefits to cover bariatric surgery techniques for the treatment of severe obesity. (8/1/21) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 388.

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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 April 01, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 50 sponsors

    1 primary, 49 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (20 D · 13 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 388.

  2. Effective date 8/1/2021.

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  4. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/11/2021.

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

  6. Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays.

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

  8. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2021.

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

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  12. Reported favorably (18-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  14. Reported with amendments (12-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

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

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

  17. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  19. Reported favorably.

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

  21. Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.

  22. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  23. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 49 co-sponsors · 97 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (49)

Not signed on (97)

97 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

CONCUR (#975)

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 14002
Unaffiliated 14002
Democrat 6000
Total 34004
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Pope — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Johns — Yea
Smith — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Ward — Yea
Milligan — Yea
White — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Fields — Yea
Henry — Not Voting
Mills, R. — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#974)

Passed 93 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 29005
Republican 45004
Democrat 19003
Total 930012
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Glover — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Goudeau — Yea
Mincey — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Brown — Yea
Hollis — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Huval — Yea
Pierre — Yea
Ivey — Yea
James — Yea
Cormier — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Romero — Yea
Davis — Yea
Jones — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Stefanski — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Magee — Yea
Marino — Yea
White — Yea
Frieman — Yea
McKnight — Yea
Willard — Yea
DuBuisson — Not Voting
Bishop — Not Voting
Gaines — Not Voting
Coussan — Not Voting
Garofalo — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Not Voting
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Not Voting
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
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 Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
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
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
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 Not Voting
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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CO-AUTHORS (#357)

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 18 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9007
Democrat 5001
Republican 60010
Total 200018
% of votes cast 53%0%0%47%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Fields — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Smith — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Henry — Not Voting
Johns — Not Voting
Bernard — Not Voting
Ward — Not Voting
Peacock — Not Voting
White — Not Voting
Pope — Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Not Voting
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Not Voting
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Not Voting
Heather Cloud Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris 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 Yea
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#356)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democrat 6000
Republican 14002
Total 36002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Henry — Yea
Peacock — Yea
Hewitt — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Bernard — Yea
Pope — Yea
Johns — Yea
Bouie — Yea
Smith — Yea
Milligan — Yea
Fields — Yea
Mills, F. — Yea
Ward — Yea
Mills, R. — Yea
White — 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 Not Voting
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Not Voting
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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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 150?
SB 150 is sponsored by Johnson, T., Regina Barrow (Democrat), Gerald Boudreaux (Democrat), Joseph Bouie, Stewart Jr. Cathey (Republican), Patrick Connick (Republican), Patrick Page Cortez, Cleo Fields, Franklin J. Foil (Republican), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Sharon Hewitt, Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Jay Luneau (Democrat), Patrick McMath (Republican), Barry Milligan, Fred H. Mills, Jr., Robert Mills, Beth Mizell (Republican), John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Karen Carter Peterson, Edward J. Price (Democrat), Gary L. Smith, Jr., Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Barbara Carpenter (Democrat), Gary Carter (Democrat), Robby Carter (Democrat), Mack Cormier, Kenny Cox, Royce Duplessis (Democrat), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Cedric Glover, Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Edward Ted James, Patrick O. Jefferson, III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), Wayne McMahen (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Pat Moore (Democrat), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Charles Owen (Republican), Vincent J. Pierre, Larry Selders (Democrat), Joe Stagni, Francis C. Thompson (Republican), and Sam Jenkins (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 150?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 01, 2021. Enacted.
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