---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid prior authorization during a declared emergency. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
description: "MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid prior authorization during a declared emergency. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 182"
citation: "Louisiana SB 182 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kirk Talbot"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfea9fcb-c55a-4566-ba27-f43d4e56f75b"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248664"
source_hash: "40e22b7aa660b573a043af2923ed69204572c9988dcb08d1a676446a3eab9456"
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 182 (2025) — MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid prior authorization during a declared emergency. (8/1/25) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB182 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404481)
2. **SB182 Act 440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426045)
3. **SB182 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1407596)
4. **SB182 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410066)
5. **Senate Floor Amendment, #989, Talbot, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1409516)
6. **SB182 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423306)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#111) — **16–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#110) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#978) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kirk Talbot — primary (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alonzo Knox — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Billings — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John Wyble — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Selders — cosponsor (person)
- Mandie Landry — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick McMath — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Tehmi Chassion — cosponsor (person)
- Wilford Carter , Sr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date 8/1/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 440. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-10** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-09** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-08** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025.
- **2025-06-08** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-06-03** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-04-29** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 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/dfea9fcb-c55a-4566-ba27-f43d4e56f75b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).