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IntroducedFeb 24, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 30, 2026
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Passed SenateMay 07, 2026
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Became Law
Louisiana House Bill
ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the death of a candidate for a party primary office who is not affiliated with a major political party (EGF NO IMPACT See Note)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 13, 2026: Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
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House Calendar: Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage Not yet scheduled for floor debate
Position: 5
Summary
Comments on HB 359
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Beau Beaullieuprimary
Votes
YES: 100
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Edmonston
- McCormick
- Adams
- Egan
- McFarland
- Amedee
- Firment
- McMahen
- Bacala
- Fisher
- McMakin
- Bagley
- Fontenot
- Melerine
- Bamburg
- Freeman
- Mena
- Bayham
- Freiberg
- Miller
- Beaullieu
- Gadberry
- Moore
- Berault
- Galle
- Murray
- Boudreaux
- Geymann
- Muscarello
- Bourriaque
- Glorioso
- Newell
- Boyd
- Green
- Orgeron
- Boyer
- Hebert
- Owen
- Brass
- Henry, C.
- Phelps
- Braud
- Henry, D.
- Riser
- Broussard
- Hilferty
- Sawyer
- Bryant
- Horton
- Schamerhorn
- Butler
- Illg
- Schlegel
- Carlson
- Jackson
- St. Blanc
- Carpenter
- Johnson, M.
- Stagni
- Carrier
- Johnson, T.
- Tarver
- Carter, R.
- Jordan
- Taylor
- Carter, W.
- Kerner
- Thomas
- Carver
- Knox
- Thompson
- Chassion
- LaCombe
- Turner
- Chenevert
- LaFleur
- Villio
- Coates
- Landry, J.
- Walters
- Cox
- Landry, M.
- Wilder
- Crews
- Landry, T.
- Wiley
- Deshotel
- Larvadain
- Wyble
- Dewitt
- Lyons
- Young
- Dickerson
- Mack
- Zeringue
- Domangue
- Marcelle
- Echols
- Martinez
NO: 0
YES: 96
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Edmonston
- Marcelle
- Adams
- Egan
- Martinez
- Amedee
- Farnum
- McCormick
- Bacala
- Firment
- McFarland
- Bagley
- Fisher
- McMahen
- Bamburg
- Fontenot
- McMakin
- Bayham
- Freeman
- Melerine
- Beaullieu
- Freiberg
- Mena
- Berault
- Gadberry
- Miller
- Billings
- Galle
- Moore
- Boudreaux
- Geymann
- Murray
- Bourriaque
- Glorioso
- Newell
- Boyd
- Green
- Orgeron
- Boyer
- Hebert
- Owen
- Brass
- Henry, C.
- Phelps
- Braud
- Henry, D.
- Riser
- Broussard
- Hilferty
- Sawyer
- Bryant
- Horton
- Schamerhorn
- Butler
- Illg
- Schlegel
- Carlson
- Jackson
- Spell
- Carrier
- Johnson, M.
- St. Blanc
- Carter, R.
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carter, W.
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Carver
- Kerner
- Turner
- Chassion
- Knox
- Ventrella
- Chenevert
- LaCombe
- Villio
- Coates
- LaFleur
- Walters
- Crews
- Landry, J.
- Wilder
- Deshotel
- Landry, M.
- Wiley
- Dewitt
- Larvadain
- Wright
- Dickerson
- Lyons
- Wyble
- Domangue
- Mack
- Zeringue
NO: 0
Actions
- May 13, 2026 | Senate
- Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 13, 2026 | House
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Called from the calendar.
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- May 12, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
- May 07, 2026 | House
- Received from the Senate with amendments.
- May 07, 2026 | Senate
- Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 28, 2026 | Senate
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 27, 2026 | Senate
- Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 22, 2026 | Senate
- Reported with amendments.
- Mar 31, 2026 | Senate
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 30, 2026 | Senate
- Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 30, 2026 | House
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 24, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (11-0).
- Mar 09, 2026 | House
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026 | House
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Prefiled.
- Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
Documents
- Digest of HB359 OriginalPDF
- Digest of HB359 EngrossedPDF
- Senate Green Sheet Digest for HB359PDF
- Summary of Senate Amendments to HB359PDF
- Fiscal Note - HB359 OriginalPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB359 EngrossedPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB359 Engrossed With Senate Cmte AmendmentsPDF
- Fiscal Note - HB359 Engrossed With Senate Floor AmendmentsPDF
