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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1216: HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to the guidelines for clinical laboratory personnel

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1216 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on March 31, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: HEALTH SERVICES: Provides relative to the guidelines for clinical laboratory personnel. Primary sponsor: Peter Egan (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 27, 2026): Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Peter EganPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Gabe FirmentCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Kellee HennessyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Sylvia TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse57
John WybleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  2. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
  3. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
  4. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
  5. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  6. Reported with amendments (9-0).
  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  8. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source