SB 143 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SPECIAL DISTRICTS: Provides for the terms of office for certain members of the Vermilion Parish Hospital Service Districts No. 1 and No. 2. (8/1/25)

SB 143 amends Louisiana law to change the term lengths for board members of two Vermilion Parish hospital districts. It specifies that members of Vermilion Parish Hospital Service District No. 1 (governed by an eight-member board) serve six-year initial terms followed by four-year terms, with the chief medical staff at Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital serving automatically. For District No. 2 (a seven-member board), physician appointees serve two-year terms, while other members serve six-year terms followed by four-year terms. The bill directly affects the governance structure of these two specific hospital service districts.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 4, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

SB143 Original SB143 Act 430 · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill updates the term lengths for members of the Vermilion Parish Hospital Service Districts. It reduces the standard term for commissioners from six years to four years for both District No. 1 and District No. 2. The change specifically excludes physicians and their replacements, who continue to serve two-year terms.
Scope change
The bill applies to the Vermilion Parish Hospital Service District No. 1 and District No. 2, modifying the tenure of their governing board members.
REQUIREMENT

Reduced the standard term of office for Hospital Service District commissioners from six years to four years.

Clarified that the new four-year term limit applies to all commissioners except those appointed from among physicians and their replacements, who retain two-year terms.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 29, 2025 · House Jun 9, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed
Total votes 37
Apr 29, 2025
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
26 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 8, 2025
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 5, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Bob Hensgens
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
LA
26