HB 682 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Provides relative to the expungement of certain adjudication records (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

HB 682 allows licensed professionals (like doctors or nurses) who had adverse actions reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank to request their licensing boards to rescind those actions and expunge the related records. The bill requires professional occupational licensure boards (under Louisiana's Title 37) to remove these records from public access and issue "void reports" to data banks confirming the action is fully rescinded. It creates a formal process where licensees can request rescission/expungement after adverse board actions, with boards required to issue written orders and update third-party data systems. The law directly affects individuals with occupational licenses who faced disciplinary reports but have resolved the underlying issues.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Apr 30, 2025 Signed Jun 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB682 Original → HB682 Act · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill expands expungement rights for pharmacy-related legal issues by creating a new statute for the Board of Pharmacy and amending existing records laws. It allows pharmacy owners to request expungement if they fired a pharmacist who committed a violation without their knowledge, and it adds a specific provision for voiding reports sent to third-party data banks when board actions are rescinded.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from general administrative law agencies and the Board of Pharmacy to explicitly include the Board of Pharmacy in a new statute (R.S. 37:1249.1) and to amend the existing expungement statute (R.S. 49:980.1) to cover pharmacy-specific scenarios.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new eligibility criterion allowing pharmacy permit holders to request expungement if they terminated a pharmacist who committed a regulatory violation or criminal act without the owner's knowledge or consent.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a requirement for the Board of Pharmacy to submit a 'void report' to any third-party data bank to state that rescinded board actions no longer exist and that no violation record exists for the pharmacist or pharmacy owner.

SCOPE

Replaced the general reference to 'agencies' in the expungement statute with specific language for the Board of Pharmacy, creating a tailored process for pharmacy licensure adjudications.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the list of statutes to be amended to include R.S. 37:1249.1, establishing a new dedicated section for pharmacy board actions and expungement procedures.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2025 · House Jun 4, 2025

How they voted

33–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 39

Jun 3, 2025

D Democratic11

9 Yea 2

81% Yea

R Republican28

24 Yea 4

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

lower

Jun 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 29, 2025

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

May 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 406 reported by the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs (11-0).

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors