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2026 Regular Session

SB43

Provides relative to psychedelic-assisted therapy. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Current disposition
Became Law Without Signature
Last status date
June 21, 2026
Last status update
Becomes Act No. 956 without the Governor's signature.
Author
Patrick McMath
Co-sponsors
Sidney Barthelemy IIAdam BassGerald BoudreauxGary CarterHeather CloudPatrick ConnickRoyce DuplessisRick EdmondsMichael Big Mike FesiJimmy HarrisCameron HenryBob HensgensKatrina R. Jackson-AndrewsSam JenkinsCaleb KleinpeterJay LuneauBlake MiguezGregory A. MillerBeth MizellBrach Jerad MyersRobert Bob OwenEdward J. PriceAlan SeabaughLarry SeldersJeremy StineKirk TalbotWilliam Bill Wheat Jr.Glen WomackRoy Daryl AdamsMichael Robert Bayham Jr.Stephanie H. BeraultBeth Anne BillingsDelisha BoydChad Michael BoyerKen BrassReese Skip BroussardMarcus Anthony BryantBarbara CarpenterKim CarverTehmi Jahi ChassionEmily ChenevertKimberly Landry CoatesVincent E. Cox IIIRaymond J. CrewsDaryl Andrew DeshotelJason Brian DeWittKellee Hennessy DickersonJessica DomangueMichael Charles EcholsPeter F. Egan Sr.Adrian FisherAimee Adatto FreemanBarbara Reich FreibergBrian Leonard GloriosoTroy Jude HebertChance Keith HenryStephanie HilfertyDodie HortonSteven JacksonMike JohnsonTimothy P. KernerAlonzo L. KnoxVanessa Caston LaFleurJacob Jules LandryRodney LyonsShane MackDixon Wallace McMakinMichael MelerineDustin MillerPat MooreEd MurrayNeil RiserPaul SawyerRodney SchamerhornAnnie SpellVincent Vinney St. Blanc IIIJoseph StagniSylvia Elaine TaylorLauren VentrellaJoy WaltersMark WrightJohn E. Wyble

Legislative progress

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Introduced in Senate March 9, 2026 Senate committee reassignment March 30, 2026 Senate passed April 15, 2026 House passed May 7, 2026 Enrolled June 1, 2026 Became law June 21, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

7 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

April 15, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 43 FINAL PASSAGE (#357)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

37 yea–0 nay · 2 absent

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April 15, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 43 CO-AUTHORS (#358)

Passed

25 yea–0 nay · 14 absent

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May 7, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 43 FINAL PASSAGE (#997)

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

97 yea–0 nay · 8 absent

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May 18, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 43 AMENDMENT # 2044 BY MCMATH REJECT (#892)

Passed

34 yea–1 nay · 4 absent

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May 18, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 43 REJECT (#892)

Passed

34 yea–1 nay · 4 absent

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May 29, 2026 · Senate

Senate Vote on SB 43 ADOPT (#1565)

Passed

35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent

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May 31, 2026 · House

House Vote on SB 43 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1793)

Passed

97 yea–0 nay · 8 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. Senate Effective date 8/1/2026.
  2. Senate Becomes Act No. 956 without the Governor's signature.
  3. Senate Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
  4. House Signed by the Speaker of the House.
  5. Senate Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
  6. Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
  7. House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. View roll call
  8. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.
  9. House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
  10. Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
  11. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
  12. House Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
  13. House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
  14. Senate Conference committee report received.
  15. Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: McMath, Luneau, and Owen.
  16. Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
  17. House House conferees appointed: Riser, Miller, and Egan.
  18. House Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.
  19. Senate Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 34 yeas and 1 nays.
  20. Senate Received from the House with amendments.
  21. House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
  22. House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
  23. House Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
  24. House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
  25. House Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
  26. House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  27. House Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
  28. Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
  29. Senate Called from the Calendar.
  30. Senate Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
  31. Senate Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
  32. Senate Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
  33. Senate Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
  34. Senate Reported with amendments.
  35. Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
  36. Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2115046
LegiScan session ID
2248
Source file
var/states/louisiana/source/legiscan/2248-129398a2968f/bill/SB43.json
Package observed
2026-08-07T15:15:47+00:00