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HB1095 • 2026

NURSING HOMES: Provides for alternative power sources at nursing facilities

NURSING HOMES: Provides for alternative power sources at nursing facilities

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Troy Hebert
Last action
2026-05-29
Official status
Pending in Conference Committee (House)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the quantity of fuel or alternative power generation sources required, nor does it specify consequences for non-compliance.

Nursing Homes: Alternative Power Sources

This bill requires nursing facilities to have fuel or an alternative power generation source on site.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires nursing homes to keep fuel or another type of power generator at the facility.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Nursing facilities in Louisiana

Terms To Know

alternative power generation source
A different way to make electricity, like a generator or battery system, that can be used when regular power is not available.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much fuel or alternative power sources nursing homes must have.
  • It's unclear what happens if a nursing home fails to comply with the requirements.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: The amendment changes the law so nursing facilities do not have to keep a permanent generator or alternative power source installed.

  • Removes the requirement for nursing facilities to install and maintain a permanent generator or alternative electrical power source.
  • The exact nature of how nursing facilities will store fuel or an alternative power generation source is not detailed in this amendment text.
Filed

Plain English: The amendment rejects all changes made by the Senate to House Bill 1095, which aims to provide alternative power sources for nursing facilities.

  • Rejects all amendments proposed by the Senate to HB 1095.
  • The official text does not specify what specific Senate amendments were rejected or their content.
Adopted

Plain English: The amendment does not actually make any changes to the bill text as it proposes changing 'permanently' to itself.

  • There are no actual changes made by this amendment since it suggests replacing a word with itself.
  • This amendment is confusing and appears to be redundant or possibly an error, as it does not alter the bill's content.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-29 H

    Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  2. 2026-05-29 S

    Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  3. 2026-05-29 H

    House conferees appointed: Hebert, Miller, and Spell.

  4. 2026-05-29 S

    Senate conference committee members appointed: McMath, Allain, and Owen.

  5. 2026-05-29 S

    Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  6. 2026-05-29 H

    Read by title, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  7. 2026-05-27 H

    Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

  8. 2026-05-26 H

    Received from the Senate with amendments.

  9. 2026-05-25 S

    Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  10. 2026-05-18 S

    Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  11. 2026-05-14 S

    Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  12. 2026-05-13 S

    Reported favorably.

  13. 2026-05-04 S

    Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  14. 2026-04-29 S

    Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  15. 2026-04-29 H

    Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  16. 2026-04-27 H

    Scheduled for floor debate on 04/29/2026.

  17. 2026-04-27 H

    Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  18. 2026-04-23 H

    Reported favorably (12-0).

  19. 2026-04-01 H

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

  20. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

NURSING HOMES: Provides for alternative power sources at nursing facilities

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HLS 26RS-2700 ENGROSSED
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1095
BY REPRESENTATIVE HEBERT
NURSING HOMES: Provides for alternative power sources at nursing facilities
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2009.24(C)(1)(introductory paragraph), relative to alternative
3 power sources at nursing facilities; to require nursing facilities to have fuel or an
4 alternative power generation source to power nursing facilities; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:2009.24(C)(1)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and
8 reenacted to read as follows:
9 §2009.24. Alternative electrical power source required
10 * * *
11 C.(1) The generator or alternate electrical power source shall be permanently
12 installed onsite at the nursing facility and shall have fuel or other alternative power
13 generation source stored onsite at the nursing facility or delivered prior to the
14 emergency event, in the following quantities:
15 * * *
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-2700 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 1095
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1095 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Hebert
Abstract: Requires a nursing facility to maintain fuel or alternative power generation
source onsite.
Present law requires nursing facilities to install a permanent generator or alternative power
source at each facility.
Present law provides that a nursing facility shall have fuel onsite prior to an emergency
event.
Proposed law clarifies present law by adding that a nursing facility must have fuel or an
alternative power generation source stored onsite.
(Amends R.S. 40:2009.24(C)(1)(intro. para.))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.