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Louisiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 158: MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid. (8/1/26)

In committee 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

SB 158 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana Senate on February 25, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid. (8/1/26). Primary sponsor: Thomas Pressly (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time 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): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Thomas PresslyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate38

“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. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  2. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

Sources

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