SB 156 — HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Provides for in vitro fertilization. (8/1/25)
Last action — Becomes Act No. 116 without the Governor's signature.
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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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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 04, 2025. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on June 08, 2025.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
Likely to advance
82% · high confidence
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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22 sponsors
1 primary, 21 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (10 D · 6 R) — cross-party backing.
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Mixed recorded votes
3 passed, 1 failed in 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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Read SB 156 on the official Louisiana source →Action History
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Becomes Act No. 116 without the Governor's signature.
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Effective date 8/1/2025.
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Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/30/2025.
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Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 30 yeas and 7 nays.
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Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 78, nays 20. 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 05/27/2025.
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Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
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Reported with amendments (8-4). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 5 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Reported with amendments.
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Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.
Sponsors
- T. Landry · Cosponsor
- Matthew Willard · Cosponsor
- Joe Stagni · Cosponsor
- Candace N. Newell · Cosponsor
- Dustin Miller · Cosponsor
- Michael Melerine · Cosponsor
- Rodney Lyons · Cosponsor
- Ed Larvadain III · Cosponsor
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur · Cosponsor
- Jeremy LaCombe · Cosponsor
- Steven Jackson · Cosponsor
- Jason Hughes · Cosponsor
- Foy Bryan Gadberry · Cosponsor
- Barbara Reich Freiberg · Cosponsor
- Adrian Fisher · Cosponsor
- Paula Davis · Cosponsor
- R. Dewith Carrier · Cosponsor
- Marcus Anthony Bryant · Cosponsor
- Chad Brown · Cosponsor
- Delisha Boyd · Cosponsor
- Sylvia Elaine Taylor · Cosponsor
- Thomas A. Pressly · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 21 co-sponsors · 125 not signed on · 76 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Thomas A. Pressly Republican
Co-sponsors (21)
- Landry, T. Voted No
- Matthew Willard
- Joe Stagni
- Candace N. Newell Democrat Voted No
- Dustin Miller Democrat
- Michael Melerine Republican Voted No
- Rodney Lyons Democrat Voted No
- III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Voted No
- Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Voted No
- Jeremy LaCombe Republican Voted No
- Steven Jackson Democrat
- Jason Hughes
- Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Voted No
- Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Voted No
- Adrian Fisher Democrat Voted No
- Paula Davis
- R. Dewith Carrier Republican Voted No
- Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Voted No
- Chad Brown
- Delisha Boyd Democrat Voted No
- Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Voted No
Not signed on (125)
125 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing
Votes
Passed
30 Yea
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7 Nay
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2 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 77% | 18% | 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 | Not Voting |
| Larry Selders | Democrat | Yea |
| Regina Barrow | Democrat | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Nay |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Not Voting |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Kirk Talbot | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Abraham | Republican | Yea |
| Michael "Big Mike" Fesi | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Reese | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick Connick | Republican | Yea |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Nay |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Nay |
Passed
78 Yea
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20 Nay
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7 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 47 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 78 | 20 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 74% | 19% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Stagni | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Willard | — | Yea |
| Amedee | — | Nay |
| Galle | — | Nay |
| 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 | 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 | Not Voting |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Yea |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Yea |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Nay |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Yea |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Nay |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Yea |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Nay |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Yea |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Yea |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Yea |
| 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 | Nay |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Nay |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Nay |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Yea |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Nay |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Yea |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Yea |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Yea |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Yea |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Yea |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Yea |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Nay |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Yea |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Nay |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Not Voting |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Nay |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Nay |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Yea |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Nay |
| 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 |
Failed
15 Yea
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73 Nay
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17 Other
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 11 | 47 | 0 | 8 |
| Democrat | 1 | 17 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 15 | 73 | 0 | 17 |
| % of votes cast | 14% | 70% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (105)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Amedee | — | Yea |
| Emerson | — | Yea |
| Galle | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Nay |
| Romero | — | Nay |
| Brown | — | Nay |
| Stagni | — | Nay |
| Davis | — | Nay |
| Willard | — | Nay |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, T. | — | Nay |
| Landry, T. | — | Nay |
| St. Blanc | — | Nay |
| Adrian Fisher | Democrat | Nay |
| Aimee Adatto Freeman | Democrat | Nay |
| Alonzo L. Knox | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Barbara Carpenter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| C. Denise Marcelle | Democrat | Nay |
| Candace N. Newell | Democrat | Nay |
| Delisha Boyd | Democrat | Nay |
| Edmond Jordan | Democrat | Nay |
| III, Ed Larvadain | Democrat | Nay |
| Joy Walters | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jr., Kyle M. Green | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ken Brass | Democrat | Nay |
| Mandie Landry | Democrat | Nay |
| Marcus Anthony Bryant | Democrat | Nay |
| Pat Moore | Democrat | Nay |
| Rashid Armand Young | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Robby Carter | Democrat | Yea |
| Rodney Lyons | Democrat | Nay |
| Roy Daryl Adams | Democrat | Nay |
| Shaun Raphael Mena | Democrat | Nay |
| Sr., Wilford Carter | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Steven Jackson | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Sylvia Elaine Taylor | Democrat | Nay |
| Tammy T. Phelps | Democrat | Nay |
| Tehmi Jahi Chassion | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Vanessa Caston LaFleur | Democrat | Nay |
| Annie Spell | Republican | Nay |
| Barbara Reich Freiberg | Republican | Nay |
| Beth Anne Billings | Republican | Yea |
| Brett F. Geymann | Republican | Nay |
| Brian Leonard Glorioso | Republican | Nay |
| Bryan Fontenot | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Michael Boyer | Republican | Nay |
| Chance Keith Henry | Republican | Nay |
| Christopher Turner | Republican | Nay |
| Danny McCormick | Republican | Yea |
| Daryl Andrew Deshotel | Republican | Nay |
| Debbie Villio | Republican | Nay |
| Dixon Wallace McMakin | Republican | Nay |
| Dodie Horton | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Chenevert | Republican | Yea |
| Foy Bryan Gadberry | Republican | Nay |
| Francis C. Thompson | Republican | Nay |
| Gregory A. Miller | Republican | Nay |
| III, Roger William Wilder | Republican | Yea |
| III, Vincent E. Cox | Republican | Nay |
| IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu | Republican | Nay |
| Jack McFarland | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jacob Braud | Republican | Nay |
| Jacob Jules Landry | Republican | Nay |
| Jason Brian DeWitt | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley | Republican | Nay |
| Jeremy LaCombe | Republican | Nay |
| Jerome Zeringue | Republican | Nay |
| Jessica Domangue | Republican | Nay |
| John E. Wyble | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph A. Orgeron | Republican | Nay |
| Josh Carlson | Republican | Yea |
| Jr., Dennis Bamburg | Republican | Nay |
| Jr., John R. Illg | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jr., Michael Robert Bayham | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy Edmonston | Republican | Yea |
| Kellee Hennessy Dickerson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Kim Carver | Republican | Nay |
| Kimberly Landry Coates | Republican | Not Voting |
| Larry A. Bagley | Republican | Nay |
| Lauren Ventrella | Republican | Nay |
| Laurie Schlegel | Republican | Nay |
| Les Farnum | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Wright | Republican | Not Voting |
| Michael "Gabe" Firment | Republican | Yea |
| Michael Charles Echols | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Melerine | Republican | Nay |
| Mike Johnson | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Riser | Republican | Nay |
| Nicholas Muscarello | Republican | Nay |
| Phillip Eric Tarver | Republican | Nay |
| Polly Thomas | Republican | Not Voting |
| R. Dewith Carrier | Republican | Nay |
| Raymond J. Crews | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rhonda Gaye Butler | Republican | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Rodney Schamerhorn | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Bourriaque | Republican | Nay |
| Shane Mack | Republican | Nay |
| Sr., Peter F. Egan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Stephanie H. Berault | Republican | Nay |
| Stephanie Hilferty | Republican | Nay |
| Timothy P. Kerner | Republican | Nay |
| Tony Bacala | Republican | Nay |
| Troy Jude Hebert | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne McMahen | Republican | Nay |
Passed
34 Yea
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5 Nay
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 87% | 13% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| 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 | Yea |
| Royce Duplessis | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Jenkins | Democrat | Yea |
| Adam Bass | Republican | Nay |
| Alan Seabaugh | Republican | Yea |
| Beth Mizell | Republican | Yea |
| Blake Miguez | Republican | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| Patrick McMath | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Edmonds | Republican | Nay |
| Robert "Bob" Owen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Allain | Republican | Yea |
| Stewart Jr. Cathey | Republican | Yea |
| Thomas A. Pressly | Republican | Yea |
| Valarie Hodges | Republican | Nay |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors SB 156?
- SB 156 is sponsored by Landry, T., Matthew Willard, Joe Stagni, Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Dustin Miller (Democrat), Michael Melerine (Republican), Rodney Lyons (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Jason Hughes, Foy Bryan Gadberry (Republican), Barbara Reich Freiberg (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Paula Davis, R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Chad Brown, Delisha Boyd (Democrat), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), and Thomas A. Pressly (Republican).
- What is the current status of SB 156?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 04, 2025. Enacted.
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