SR 186 Louisiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

VETERANS: Creates the Task Force on Alternative Therapies for Veterans.

SR 186 is a Senate resolution creating a Task Force on Alternative Therapies for Veterans to study whether psychedelic therapies (like psilocybin or MDMA) could help Louisiana veterans with conditions such as PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, or depression. The task force, including health officials and veterans' representatives, will review clinical research and recommend potential legislation by February 2026. This resolution does not authorize any therapies but examines their potential benefits for veterans. It directly affects Louisiana veterans seeking alternative treatments for service-related mental health conditions.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2025

Committee Review

Senate Passage

Jun 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jun 10, 2025 Last action Jun 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

SR186 Original → SR186 Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 12, 2025

MINOR

The bill was converted from an original draft to an enrolled version, formalizing its text and correcting formatting inconsistencies. The core policy content, including the creation of the Task Force and its specific duties to study psychedelic therapies for veterans, remains substantively unchanged.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on establishing a temporary task force to study alternative therapies for veterans; no changes to applicability were made.

TECHNICAL

Header information was updated to reflect the enrolled status, including changing the document title from 'ORIGINAL' to 'ENROLLED' and adjusting page counts to reflect the final version.

Minor text cleanup was performed to remove inconsistent line breaks and spacing found in the original draft, ensuring a clean, professional layout for the final legal document.

A formal signature line for the President of the Senate was added at the end of the document, which is required for enrolled legislation.

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How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Jun 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read by title and adopted.

upper

Jun 10, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors