Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 761

HEALTH/CANCER: Provides with respect to the advisory board created to recommend new treatments for rare cancers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Stephanie Hilferty (Republican)

Cosponsors (18)

• Jerome Zeringue (Republican)
• Joy Walters (Democratic)
• Sylvia Taylor (Democratic)
• Annie Spell (Republican)
• Tammy Phelps (Democratic)
• Chasity Martinez (Democratic)
• C. Denise Marcelle (Democratic)
• Ed Larvadain III (Democratic)
• Terry Landry Jr
• Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democratic)
• Jeremy LaCombe (Republican)
• Kyle M. Green , Jr. (Democratic)
• Adrian Fisher (Democratic)
• Tehmi Chassion (Democratic)
• Wilford Carter , Sr. (Democratic)
• Beth Billings (Republican)
• Mike Bayham (Republican)
• Daryl Adams (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• House Floor Amendment, #3754, Hilferty, Adopted
• Senate Committee Amendment, #4437, INS, Draft
• Senate Committee Amendment, #4485, INS, Adopted
• HB761 Original
• HB761 Engrossed
• HB761 Reengrossed
• HB761 Enrolled
• HB761 Act 832

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

Actions

• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Insurance.
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
• Mar 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Insurance.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Reported favorably (12-0).
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Apr 13, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
• Apr 14, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• Apr 15, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• Apr 20, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 28, 2026 · Senate
  The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• May 28, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate with amendments.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Read by title, roll called, yeas 100, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• Jun 8, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 832.
• Jun 8, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 06/08/2026.