SB 359 Louisiana Senate · 2026 Regular Session

HOSPITALS: Provides relative to term limits for certain hospital service district commissioners. (8/1/26)

SB 359 sets term limits for commissioners on hospital service districts in Louisiana parishes with populations between 25,001 and 26,000 people (based on the latest federal census). It limits commissioners to two consecutive four-year terms starting after August 1, 2026, when current commissioners' terms expire. Successors must be appointed through the same process used for their predecessors. This directly affects commissioners in those specific hospital districts, changing their eligibility to serve multiple terms. The bill does not alter other aspects of hospital district governance or funding.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Feb 27, 2026 Signed May 29, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB359 Original → SB359 Act 498 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the official status of Senate Bill 359 from a draft version to an enrolled Act (Act No. 498), indicating it has been signed into law. The substantive policy content regarding term limits for hospital service district commissioners remains unchanged, but the document now includes signatures from the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and the Governor, confirming its enactment.

Scope change

The scope of the law itself has not changed; only the document's status changed from a proposed bill to an enacted law.

TECHNICAL

The document header was updated to reflect the bill's final status as 'ENROLLED ACT No. 498' instead of 'ORIGINAL'.

Signatures and titles for the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Governor were added to certify the bill's approval.

Drafting metadata, including the legislative services digest and page count references specific to the original bill submission, were removed.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2026 · House May 19, 2026

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 40

Mar 31, 2026

D Democratic12

12 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican28

25 Yea 3

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

May 13, 2026

Introduced

Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

lower

May 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Committee

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

lower

Mar 31, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably.

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors