SB 385 Louisiana Senate · 2024 Regular Session

PUBLIC RECORDS: Provides relative to strategic plan records of a hospital service district. (8/1/24)

This bill amends Louisiana law to clarify how strategic plans for hospital service districts must be treated as public records. It explicitly defines these plans as documents developed to construct, operate, or maintain health facilities within a competitive market. The change ensures that such strategic documents are subject to public access requirements, making them available for review by the public and government officials. This update directly affects hospital service districts by mandating transparency in their long-term planning and operational strategies.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Mar 13, 2024 Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2024 · House May 22, 2024

How they voted

360
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Apr 23, 2024
D Democratic12
11 Yea 1
91% Yea
R Republican26
25 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 8, 2024
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 24, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Mar 13, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bill Wheat
Bill Wheat
RRepublican
LA
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