---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAID: Provides relative to prior authorization of prescription drugs. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "MEDICAID: Provides relative to prior authorization of prescription drugs. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Louisiana SB 77 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Luneau"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-25"
last_action: "2022-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d98ac2fe-205f-4cf8-a307-cbfdd16d9bd9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241773"
source_hash: "3e4948b18ed492ebb44c5fd52a5fe0bf87624d676f0cebf846a7574de3678868"
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 77 (2022) — MEDICAID: Provides relative to prior authorization of prescription drugs. (8/1/22) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB77 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1251032)
2. **SB77 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1283669)
3. **SB77 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261672)
4. **SB77 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1265473)
5. **Senate Committee Amendment, #713, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1260058)
6. **Senate Committee Amendment, #901, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1261561)
7. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1147, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1263302)
8. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1004, Mills, Fred, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262423)
9. **SB77 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1280723)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#122) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#950) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Luneau — primary (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rogers Pope — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Stagni — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bagley — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Schlegel — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Echols — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-24** Effective date 8/1/2022.
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 76. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-23** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/20/2022. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-19** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-19** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-18** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2022-05-18** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2022.
- **2022-05-09** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-05-05** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2022-05-04** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-06** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2022-04-04** 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. `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-03-23** Reported with amendments.
- **2022-03-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** 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/d98ac2fe-205f-4cf8-a307-cbfdd16d9bd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).