Louisiana bills · 2026 Regular Session

Louisiana HB 870

INSURANCE/HEALTH: Provides relative to formulary placement and cost-sharing requirements for certain generic drugs and biosimilars (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

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

Sponsors

• Christopher Turner (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• House Committee Amendment, #1540, INS, Draft
• House Committee Amendment, #3003, INS, Adopted
• Senate Committee Amendment, #3229, INS, Draft
• Senate Committee Amendment, #3281, INS, Draft
• Senate Committee Amendment, #3313, INS, Adopted
• Conference Committee Report, #6237, House Proposed, Senate Adopted
• Senate Floor Amendment, #4071, Bass, Proposed
• House Floor Amendment, #3620, Turner, Proposed
• House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1716, Horton, Proposed
• HB870 Original
• HB870 Engrossed
• HB870 Reengrossed
• HB870 Enrolled
• HB870 Act 907

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

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 1, 2026 · House
  Reported with amendments (10-0).
• Apr 7, 2026 · House
  Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Read by title, returned to the calendar.
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Notice given.
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.
• Apr 13, 2026 · House
  Called from the calendar.
• Apr 13, 2026 · House
  Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
• Apr 14, 2026 · Senate
  Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
• Apr 15, 2026 · Senate
  Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
• May 6, 2026 · Senate
  Reported with amendments.
• May 7, 2026 · Senate
  Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
• May 11, 2026 · Senate
  Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
• May 18, 2026 · Senate
  Rules suspended.
• May 18, 2026 · Senate
  Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
• May 19, 2026 · Senate
  Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
• May 19, 2026 · Senate
  Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
• May 20, 2026 · House
  Received from the Senate with amendments.
• May 25, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for concurrence on 05/26/2026.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
• May 26, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
• May 26, 2026 · Senate
  Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Bass, and Harris.
• May 26, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
• May 27, 2026 · House
  House conferees appointed: Turner, Firment, and Miller.
• May 27, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee report received.
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for floor debate on 05/312026.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
• May 31, 2026 · Senate
  Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
• May 31, 2026 · Senate
  Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
• May 31, 2026 · House
  Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
• Jun 1, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
• Jun 1, 2026 · Senate
  Signed by the President of the Senate.
• Jun 2, 2026 · House
  Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
• Jun 12, 2026 · House
  Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 907.
• Jun 12, 2026 · House
  Effective date: 08/01/2026.