Louisiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 15 D · 11 R cosponsors

HB 266 — MEDICAID: Provides for the personal needs allowance of residents in nursing homes and other facilities (EN +$893,660 GF EX See Note)

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 259.

  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 01, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 11, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 29 sponsors

    1 primary, 28 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (15 D · 11 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 259.

  2. Effective date: 06/11/2025.

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  5. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  6. Received from the Senate without amendments.

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

  8. Rules suspended. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

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

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

  11. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 87, nays 5. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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

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

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2025.

  15. Reported favorably (15-0).

  16. Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  17. Reported favorably (12-0).

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

  19. Prefiled.

  20. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 28 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (28)

Not signed on (118)

118 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

FINAL PASSAGE (#778)

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 2000
Republican 26001
Democrat 9001
Total 37002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Bouie — 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 Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Not Voting
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
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 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 Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

FINAL PASSAGE (#711)

Passed 87 Yea · 5 Nay · 13 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12100
Republican 54408
Democrat 21005
Total 875013
% of votes cast 83%5%0%12%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Galle — Yea
Hughes — Yea
Romero — Yea
Brown — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Davis — Yea
Willard — Yea
Emerson — Yea
Amedee — Nay
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Yea
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Not Voting
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Not Voting
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Not Voting
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 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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Not Voting
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 Yea
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Nay
Michael Charles Echols Republican Not Voting
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Not Voting
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Nay
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
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 Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 266?
HB 266 is sponsored by Matthew Willard, Joy Walters (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Joe Stagni, Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Dustin Miller (Democrat), Jack McFarland (Republican), Shane Mack (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Jason Hughes, Foy Bryan Gadberry (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Jessica Domangue (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Robby Carter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Tony Bacala (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), C. Denise Marcelle (Democrat), and Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 266?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 01, 2025. Enacted.
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