republic-os/legislation/us/states/la/2019/sb-41.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. (See Act) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
description: "PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. (See Act) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "Louisiana SB 41 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred H. Mills, Jr."]
version_count: 15
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-22"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12816a5e-c038-419d-826d-5eb18b97bc9b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=235784"
source_hash: "3eb25faabd567b54c56e25fcf1366219a650454c2ef57d6ae8098f30da4b2121"
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 41 (2019) — PHARMACEUTICALS: Provides relative to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers. (See Act) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB41 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1117092)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #2891, H&W, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1135337)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3033, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136501)
4. **House Floor Amendment, #3247, LeBas, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1137306)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #3455, LeBas, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1139541)
6. **House Legislative Bureau Amendment, #2277, BUREAU, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1136608)
7. **SB41 Act 124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1143721)
8. **SB41 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127227)
9. **SB41 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132842)
10. **Senate Committee Amendment, #963, H&W, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127066)
11. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1709, Claitor, Withdrawn** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132546)
12. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1711, Claitor, Rejected** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132582)
13. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1712, Mills, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1132563)
14. **Senate Floor Legislative Bureau Amendment, #1019, Martiny, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1127359)
15. **SB41 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1140563)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#303) — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- AMENDMENT # 1711 BY CLAITOR, ADOPT (#302) — **9–24** (fail) · upper
- APPROPRIATIONS (#618) — **25–76** (fail) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#735) — **102–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR (#656) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fred H. Mills, Jr. — primary (person)
- Beryl Amedee — cosponsor (person)
- Blake Miguez — cosponsor (person)
- Chad Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Charles R. "Bubba" Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Clay Schexnayder — cosponsor (person)
- Daryl Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Dodie Horton — cosponsor (person)
- Dorothy Sue Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoffmann — cosponsor (person)
- Frankie Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- James Armes — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jerome Zeringue — cosponsor (person)
- Jerry "Truck" Gisclair — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Johnny Berthelot — cosponsor (person)
- John Bagneris — cosponsor (person)
- John E. "Johnny" Guinn — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Malinda White — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick O. Jefferson — cosponsor (person)
- Paula Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip DeVillier — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Robert E. Billiot — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Samuel Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Pugh — cosponsor (person)
- Steven E. Pylant — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart J. Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent J. Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne McMahen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** Effective date: See Act.
- **2019-06-06** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 124. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2019-06-01** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2019-05-31** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2019-05-30** Received from the House with amendments.
- **2019-05-30** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2019-05-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/30/19.
- **2019-05-23** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2019-05-22** Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2019-05-21** Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2019-05-13** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2019-05-08** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Called from the Calendar.
- **2019-04-29** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2019-04-25** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2019-04-24** Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
- **2019-04-08** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** 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/12816a5e-c038-419d-826d-5eb18b97bc9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).