--- type: "Bill" title: "PUBLIC HEALTH: Directs the Surgeon General to draft and promulgate rules for the administration of medical activities under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for all members of the healthcare community in Louisiana" description: "PUBLIC HEALTH: Directs the Surgeon General to draft and promulgate rules for the administration of medical activities under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for all members of the healthcare community in Louisiana" jurisdiction: "us/states/la" legislature: "Louisiana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 690" citation: "Louisiana HB 690 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Charles Owen"] version_count: 12 action_count: 32 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-05-15" last_action: "2025-06-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ad6bb83-47cb-41f8-9ca9-565339cc2e5d" source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=249203" source_hash: "53706ecf488f01fdea08c05b33b2c736fbc952c830ee18e3e0b78d89bda42fea" 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 HB 690 (2025) — PUBLIC HEALTH: Directs the Surgeon General to draft and promulgate rules for the administration of medical activities under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for all members of the healthcare community in Louisiana ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB690 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415218) 2. **Conference Committee Report, #4377, House Adopted, Senate Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1424706) 3. **HB690 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426024) 4. **HB690 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415327) 5. **HB690 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1416742) 6. **House Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1831, Horton, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1415530) 7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2733, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421115) 8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #2834, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1421733) 9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2961, Luneau, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422252) 10. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3063, Fesi, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1422555) 11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #3123, Fesi, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423051) 12. **HB690 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1425315) ## Votes - ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1245) — **96–0** (pass) · lower - ADOPT (#975) — **37–0** (pass) · upper - FINAL PASSAGE (#799) — **39–0** (pass) · upper - REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1153) — **57–37** (pass) · lower - FINAL PASSAGE (#507) — **73–22** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Charles Owen — primary (person) - Annie Spell — cosponsor (person) - Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person) - Beth Billings — cosponsor (person) - Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person) - Gabe Firment — cosponsor (person) - Peter Egan — cosponsor (person) - Raymond Crews — cosponsor (person) - Rhonda Butler — cosponsor (person) - Rodney Schamerhorn — cosponsor (person) - Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person) - Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-06-20** Effective date: 06/20/2025. - **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 396. `became-law, executive-signature` - **2025-06-16** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-12** Signed by the President of the Senate. - **2025-06-12** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House. `enrolled` - **2025-06-12** Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. - **2025-06-12** Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. - **2025-06-12** Rules suspended. - **2025-06-12** Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules. - **2025-06-11** Notice House Conference Committee members appointed. - **2025-06-11** House conferees appointed: Owen, Miller, and Crews. - **2025-06-11** Notice of Senate conferees appointed. - **2025-06-10** Notice House rejected the Senate amendments. - **2025-06-10** Senate conference committee members appointed: Fesi, Cloud, and McMath. - **2025-06-10** Read by title, roll called, yeas 57, nays 37, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending. - **2025-06-09** Scheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025. - **2025-06-09** Received from the Senate with amendments. `receipt` - **2025-06-09** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage` - **2025-06-09** Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar. - **2025-06-08** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. - **2025-06-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. - **2025-06-08** Rules suspended. - **2025-06-04** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage. `reading-3` - **2025-06-04** Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-27** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-05-21** Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading. `reading-1` - **2025-05-20** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 22. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage` - **2025-05-19** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2025. - **2025-05-19** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3` - **2025-05-15** Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 377 reported by the Committee on Health and Welfare (10-0). ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ad6bb83-47cb-41f8-9ca9-565339cc2e5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).