Louisiana 26RS Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SCR37 — HEALTH CARE: Requests the surgeon general to develop a plan relative to informed consent.

Last action — Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 20, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 28, 2026.

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.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

In plain language

The bill requests a plan for informed consent development from the surgeon general.

This bill asks the surgeon general to create a plan that focuses on informed consent in healthcare. It aims to improve how patients are informed about their healthcare decisions.

What this means for you
  • Healthcare: This means healthcare providers may need to adopt new protocols for informing patients about treatments.

Summary

HEALTH CARE: Requests the surgeon general to develop a plan relative to informed consent.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

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Action History

  1. Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

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

  3. Reported with amendments.

  4. Rules suspended.

  5. Senate amendments read and adopted. Read by title and adopted by a vote of 25 yeas and 5 nays; ordered engrossed and sent to the House.

  6. Received in the House from the Senate.

  7. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

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

  9. Reported favorably (11-0).

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

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2026.

  12. Read by title, concurred in by vote of 67 yeas, 26 nays.

  13. Received from the House without amendments.

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

  15. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  16. Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 27 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

House: FINAL CONSIDERATION

Passed 67 Yea · 26 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 32105
Republican 58205
Unaffiliated 6302
Total 6726012
% of votes cast 64%25%0%11%
How each member voted (105)
Member Party Vote
Amedee — Yea
Owen — Yea
Boudreaux — Yea
Galle — Yea
Henry, C. — Yea
Landry, J. — Yea
Miller — Nay
Landry, T. — Nay
Stagni — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Not Voting
Johnson, T. — Not Voting
Adrian Fisher Democrat Nay
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Nay
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Nay
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Nay
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Nay
Candace N. Newell Democrat Nay
Chasity Martinez Democrat Nay
Dana Henry Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Nay
Ed Murray Democrat Nay
Edmond Jordan Democrat Not Voting
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Nay
Joy Walters Democrat Not Voting
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Nay
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 Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Nay
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Not Voting
Steven Jackson Democrat Nay
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Nay
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Not Voting
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Nay
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Nay
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 Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
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
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent "Vinney" St. Blanc Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Nay
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Not Voting
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Nay
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Yea
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Not Voting
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 Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Paul Sawyer Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Yea
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Not Voting
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Yea
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Senate: ADOPT

Passed 25 Yea · 5 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 22003
Democrat 1404
Unaffiliated 2102
Total 25509
% of votes cast 64%13%0%23%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Miller — Yea
Owen — Yea
Boudreaux — Nay
Mr. President — Not Voting
Carter — Not Voting
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Not Voting
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Nay
Larry Selders Democrat Yea
Regina Barrow Democrat Nay
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Nay
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Nay
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
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 Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Favorably

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 2000
Republican 8000
Unaffiliated 1000
Total 11000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Joseph A. Stagni — Yea
Dustin Miller Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does SCR37 do?
HEALTH CARE: Requests the surgeon general to develop a plan relative to informed consent.
Who sponsors SCR37?
SCR37 is sponsored by Michael "Big Mike" Fesi (Republican).
What is the current status of SCR37?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 20, 2026. Enacted.
Where can I track SCR37?
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