HB 203 Louisiana House · 2026 Regular Session

HEALTH SERVICES: Provides for the membership of the Uterine Fibroids Commission

HB 203 amends Louisiana law to specify that the Uterine Fibroids Commission must include one member from the Christus Health System Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine. This procedural bill defines the commission's membership structure without creating new health services or policy changes. It directly affects the composition of the existing commission established under R.S. 40:1104(B)(3). The bill is currently in early stages of consideration (prefiled, referred to Health and Welfare Committee).

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Signed May 22, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB203 Original → HB203 Act 292 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill amends the membership rules for the Uterine Fibroids Commission by removing the representative from the Christus Health System and replacing them with a member from the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine. This change shifts the commission's composition from a hospital system representative to an academic medical institution, potentially altering the perspective and expertise brought to the commission's work on uterine fibroids.

Scope change

The bill narrows the scope of the commission's membership eligibility by removing one specific health system and adding one specific academic medical college as the sole source for that particular seat.

ELIGIBILITY

Removed the requirement for a commission member to be nominated from the Christus Health System.

Added a requirement for a commission member to be nominated from the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine.

Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2026 · House Mar 25, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

May 18, 2026

D Democratic12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

R Republican28

26 Yea 2

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

May 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

upper

May 7, 2026

Committee

Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

upper

May 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (8-0).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors