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IntroducedFeb 10, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 23, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 11, 2026
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Became Law
Louisiana Senate Bill
PUBLIC MEETINGS: Expands the number of days required for public bodies to publish minutes for open meetings from twenty days to forty-five days. (8/1/26)
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Senate • May 20, 2026: Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Summary
Comments on SB 41
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Votes
YES: 98
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Echols
- Martinez
- Adams
- Egan
- McCormick
- Amedee
- Farnum
- McMakin
- Bacala
- Firment
- Melerine
- Bagley
- Fisher
- Mena
- Bamburg
- Fontenot
- Miller
- Bayham
- Freeman
- Moore
- Beaullieu
- Freiberg
- Murray
- Berault
- Gadberry
- Muscarello
- Billings
- Galle
- Orgeron
- Boudreaux
- Glorioso
- Owen
- Bourriaque
- Green
- Phelps
- Boyd
- Hebert
- Riser
- Boyer
- Henry, C.
- Sawyer
- Brass
- Henry, D.
- Schamerhorn
- Braud
- Hilferty
- Schlegel
- Broussard
- Horton
- Spell
- Bryant
- Illg
- St. Blanc
- Butler
- Jackson
- Stagni
- Carpenter
- Johnson, M.
- Taylor
- Carrier
- Johnson, T.
- Thomas
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Thompson
- Carter, W.
- Kerner
- Turner
- Carver
- Knox
- Ventrella
- Chassion
- LaCombe
- Villio
- Chenevert
- LaFleur
- Walters
- Coates
- Landry, J.
- Wilder
- Cox
- Landry, M.
- Wiley
- Crews
- Landry, T.
- Wright
- Deshotel
- Larvadain
- Wyble
- Dewitt
- Lyons
- Young
- Dickerson
- Mack
- Zeringue
- Domangue
- Marcelle
NO: 0
Actions
- May 20, 2026 | Senate
- Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
- May 19, 2026 | House
- Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 19, 2026 | Senate
- Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 18, 2026 | Senate
- Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.
- May 11, 2026 | Senate
- Received from the House with amendments.
- May 11, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
- May 07, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
- May 06, 2026 | House
- Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
- May 05, 2026 | House
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- Apr 29, 2026 | House
- Reported with amendments (6-4). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Mar 11, 2026 | Senate
- Reported favorably.
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

