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SB 164 — GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM: Provides relative to prior authorization for services, procedures, and pharmaceuticals. (gov sig) (RE1 INCREASE SG EX See Note)
Last action — Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
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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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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
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Read SB 164 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
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House conferees appointed: Edmonds, Zeringue, and Turner.
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Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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Senate conference committee members appointed: Cloud, White, and Boudreaux.
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Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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Rules suspended. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
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Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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Received from the House with amendments.
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Scheduled for floor debate on 06/05/2023.
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Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Called from the Calendar.
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Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 1 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported favorably.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
- Larry Selders · Cosponsor
- Charles Owen · Cosponsor
- Mike Johnson · Cosponsor
- Cedric Glover · Cosponsor
- Rick Edmonds · Cosponsor
- Michael Charles Echols · Cosponsor
- Robby Carter · Cosponsor
- Stuart J. Bishop · Cosponsor
- Larry A. Bagley · Cosponsor
- Roy Daryl Adams · Cosponsor
- Heather Cloud · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Heather Cloud Republican
Co-sponsors (10)
- Larry Selders Democrat
- Charles Owen Republican
- Mike Johnson Republican
- Cedric Glover
- Rick Edmonds Republican
- Michael Charles Echols Republican
- Robby Carter Democrat
- Stuart J. Bishop
- Larry A. Bagley Republican
- Roy Daryl Adams Democrat
Not signed on (136)
136 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 136 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Mills, R. | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Bernard | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Milligan | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Mills, F. | — | 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 |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Cameron Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 102 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Stefanski | — | Yea |
| DuBuisson | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Magee | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Marino | — | Yea |
| Hollis | — | Not Voting |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Frieman | — | Yea |
| McKnight | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Garofalo | — | Yea |
| Bishop | — | Yea |
| Glover | — | Yea |
| Mincey | — | Yea |
| Goudeau | — | Yea |
| Nelson | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Huval | — | Yea |
| Pierre | — | Yea |
| Ivey | — | Yea |
| Cormier | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Coussan | — | Yea |
| Johnson, 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 |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Yea |
| Dustin Miller | Democrat | Yea |
| Edmond Jordan | 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 | Yea |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Yea |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Yea |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Yea |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 3% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. President | — | Yea |
| Fields | — | Yea |
| Peacock | — | Yea |
| Pope | — | Yea |
| Bernard | — | Yea |
| Hewitt | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Bouie | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| White | — | Yea |
| Milligan | — | Yea |
| Mills, R. | — | Yea |
| Mills, F. | — | Nay |
| Edward J. Price | Democrat | Yea |
| Gerald Boudreaux | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Luneau | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jimmy Harris | Democrat | Yea |
| Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Hensgens | Republican | Yea |
| Caleb Kleinpeter | Republican | Yea |
| Cameron Henry | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie J. Lambert | Republican | Yea |
| Franklin J. Foil | Republican | Yea |
| Glen Womack | Republican | Yea |
| Heather Cloud | Republican | Yea |
| Jeremy Stine | 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 |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 164?
- SB 164 is sponsored by Larry Selders (Democrat), Charles Owen (Republican), Mike Johnson (Republican), Cedric Glover, Rick Edmonds (Republican), Michael Charles Echols (Republican), Robby Carter (Democrat), Stuart J. Bishop, Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), and Heather Cloud (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 164?
- This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 164?
- Track SB 164 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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