---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURSING HOMES: Provides for an extension to the moratorium on additional beds for nursing facilities. (8/1/21)"
description: "NURSING HOMES: Provides for an extension to the moratorium on additional beds for nursing facilities. (8/1/21)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Louisiana SB 194 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Boudreaux"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-02"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb999b0d-c906-492e-9646-5b58d0f07c77"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=240486"
source_hash: "515abb99fcfb799ae0e84babe5dc8dc8375a9505ff78462322fb15e8640ad1f0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 194 (2021) — NURSING HOMES: Provides for an extension to the moratorium on additional beds for nursing facilities. (8/1/21)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB194 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1211744)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2507, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1222310)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3133, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1225747)
4. **SB194 Act 218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1235355)
5. **SB194 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1215425)
6. **SB194 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1231051)

## Votes

- CONCUR (#673) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#177) — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#891) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerald Boudreaux — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-11** Effective date 8/1/2021.
- **2021-06-11** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 218. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-06** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/4/2021. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2021-06-03** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2021-06-02** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2021-06-01** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2021-06-01** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2021-06-01** Called from the calendar.
- **2021-05-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/01/2021.
- **2021-05-27** Notice given.
- **2021-05-27** Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- **2021-05-26** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2021.
- **2021-05-20** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2021-05-19** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2021-05-18** Reported with amendments (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2021-05-03** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2021-04-28** Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 3 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-21** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably.
- **2021-04-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb999b0d-c906-492e-9646-5b58d0f07c77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).