LA HB486 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 486

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on May 22 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-22 - Effective date: 01/01/2028.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Provides relative to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT)

Title

Provides relative to the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT)

Roll Calls

2026-05-18 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 486 FINAL PASSAGE (#941) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - House - House Vote on HB 486 FINAL PASSAGE (#485) (Y: 99 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-22	House	Effective date: 01/01/2028.
2026-05-22	House	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 302.
2026-05-19	House	Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-19	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-19	House	Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-19	House	Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-18	Senate	Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-11	Senate	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-07	Senate	Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-06	Senate	Reported favorably.
2026-04-20	Senate	Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-04-15	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-04-14	House	Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 2. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-04-13	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.
2026-04-09	House	Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-08	House	Reported with amendments (9-0).
2026-03-23	House	Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
2026-03-18	House	Reported with amendments (12-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
2026-03-09	House	Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-02-27	House	First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-26	House	Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
2026-02-26	House	Prefiled.

Subjects

PSYCHOLOGISTS

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB486&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1445249
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1451544
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460183
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462446
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1473966
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1479561
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1449893
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1451496
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1459412
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460134
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460527
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1445276
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1451662
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460394
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462477
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462399
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1473684