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Votes at a glance: Selected final floor actions, April 14, 2026
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Summary
The Senate took final action on dozens of bills April 14. Highlights: SB 401 (prescription drug board) passed unanimously; SB 190 (nursing facility standards) passed; SB 65 (charter conversion rule) failed on final passage. Several local and technical bills passed with recorded tallies.
Selected roll-call outcomes and notable floor actions from the April 14 Senate floor session (selected items, not exhaustive):
- Senate Bill 401 (prescription drug affordability board): Final passage recorded; adopted amendments on confidentiality, generics thresholds, patient advocacy representation, and conflict-of-interest restrictions (machine tally recorded on the floor; unanimous passage reported).
- Senate Bill 190 (nursing facilities special-focus program): Sponsor described requirement that special-focus facilities meet standards within 18 months and gave the Department of Health revocation authority; bill adopted on final passage (recorded 37 yeas, 0 nays).
- Senate Bill 165 (self-service storage): Amendments clarified access hours for defaulted renters; final passage recorded (35 yays, 1 nay).
- Senate Bill 304 (Board of Regents accreditation authority): Passed final reading after sponsor remarks and committee coordination (27 yays, 9 nays recorded on the floor).
- Senate Bill 322 (youth apprenticeship definition): Passed unanimously with technical amendments (37 yays, 0 nays).
- Senate Bill 374 (university economic development districts): Passed with technical amendments (36 yays, 1 nay).
- Senate Bill 430 (Shreveport-Bossier hotel tax local bill): Passed final reading (34 yays, 0 nays).
- Senate Bill 449 (procurement flexibility for New Orleans Public Belt): Sponsor argued procurement flexibility saves public money on used equipment; final passage recorded (37 yays, 0 nays).
- Senate Bill 496 (scrap metal regulation): Amendments removed contractor exemptions and required identification steps; final passage recorded (37 yays, 0 nays).
- Senate Bill 52 (DCFS/LDH benefit notification): Adopted an amendment to require annual review by the child ombudsman; final passage recorded (37 yays, 0 nays).
- Senate Bill 125 (wrongful-conviction compensation): Sponsor moved to raise duration and cap of compensation for proven wrongful convictions; final passage recorded (36 yays, 0 nays).
- Senate Bill 43 (psychedelic-assisted therapy program): Sponsor described veteran testimony and clinical safeguards; amendments adopted and bill passed unanimously (37 yays, 0 nays).
- Senate Bill 65 (charter conversion turnout rules): After debate and amendments the machine tally recorded the bill failed final passage (final tally recorded on the floor as announced by the clerk; bill did not pass).
This list highlights selected floor outcomes and the broad pattern of passage: numerous technical, local and policy bills advanced with many unanimous or lopsided votes, while SB 65 engendered extended debate and failed final passage.
