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IntroducedFeb 26, 2026
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Passed HouseApr 14, 2026
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Passed SenateMay 26, 2026
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
MENTAL HEALTH: Provides for oversight of publicly funded homeless service providers
Last Action See all actions
House • Jun 01, 2026: Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 616
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Sponsors

- Tehmi Chassioncosponsor

Votes
YES: 98
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Firment
- McMahen
- Adams
- Fisher
- McMakin
- Bacala
- Fontenot
- Melerine
- Bagley
- Freeman
- Mena
- Bamburg
- Freiberg
- Miller
- Bayham
- Gadberry
- Moore
- Berault
- Galle
- Murray
- Billings
- Geymann
- Muscarello
- Boudreaux
- Glorioso
- Newell
- Bourriaque
- Green
- Orgeron
- Boyd
- Hebert
- Owen
- Boyer
- Henry, D.
- Phelps
- Brass
- Hilferty
- Riser
- Braud
- Horton
- Sawyer
- Broussard
- Illg
- Schamerhorn
- Bryant
- Jackson
- Schlegel
- Carpenter
- Johnson, M.
- Spell
- Carrier
- Johnson, T.
- St. Blanc
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Stagni
- Carter, W.
- Kerner
- Tarver
- Carver
- Knox
- Taylor
- Chassion
- LaCombe
- Thompson
- Chenevert
- LaFleur
- Turner
- Coates
- Landry, J.
- Ventrella
- Cox
- Landry, M.
- Villio
- Crews
- Landry, T.
- Walters
- Deshotel
- Larvadain
- Wilder
- Dewitt
- Lyons
- Wiley
- Dickerson
- Mack
- Wright
- Domangue
- Marcelle
- Wyble
- Edmonston
- Martinez
- Young
- Egan
- McCormick
- Zeringue
- Farnum
- McFarland
NO: 0
YES: 97
- Adams
- Firment
- McMakin
- Amedee
- Fisher
- Melerine
- Bacala
- Fontenot
- Mena
- Bamburg
- Freeman
- Miller
- Beaullieu
- Freiberg
- Moore
- Berault
- Gadberry
- Murray
- Billings
- Galle
- Muscarello
- Boudreaux
- Geymann
- Newell
- Bourriaque
- Glorioso
- Orgeron
- Boyd
- Green
- Owen
- Boyer
- Hebert
- Phelps
- Brass
- Henry, C.
- Riser
- Braud
- Henry, D.
- Sawyer
- Broussard
- Hilferty
- Schamerhorn
- Bryant
- Horton
- Schlegel
- Butler
- Illg
- Spell
- Carlson
- Jackson
- St. Blanc
- Carrier
- Johnson, M.
- Stagni
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Tarver
- Carver
- Kerner
- Taylor
- Chassion
- Knox
- Thomas
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Thompson
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Turner
- Cox
- Landry, J.
- Ventrella
- Crews
- Landry, M.
- Villio
- Deshotel
- Landry, T.
- Walters
- Dewitt
- Larvadain
- Wilder
- Dickerson
- Lyons
- Wiley
- Domangue
- Mack
- Wright
- Echols
- Marcelle
- Wyble
- Edmonston
- Martinez
- Zeringue
- Egan
- McCormick
- Farnum
- McMahen
NO: 0
Actions
- Jun 01, 2026 | House
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
- Jun 01, 2026 | Senate
- Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 31, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 29, 2026 | House
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 27, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26, 2026 | House
- Received from the Senate with amendments.
- May 26, 2026 | Senate
- Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 25, 2026 | Senate
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 21, 2026 | Senate
- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 20, 2026 | Senate
- Reported with amendments.
- Apr 15, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Apr 14, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 14, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 13, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 08, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (9-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
