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IntroducedFeb 27, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 23, 2026
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Passed HouseMay 07, 2026
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Became Law
Louisiana Senate Bill
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Senate • May 13, 2026: Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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Summary
Comments on SB 397
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Sponsors
Votes
YES: 92
- Phillip R. DeVillier
- Echols
- McMahen
- Adams
- Egan
- McMakin
- Amedee
- Farnum
- Melerine
- Bacala
- Firment
- Mena
- Bamburg
- Fisher
- Miller
- Bayham
- Fontenot
- Murray
- Beaullieu
- Freeman
- Muscarello
- Berault
- Freiberg
- Newell
- Billings
- Galle
- Orgeron
- Boudreaux
- Glorioso
- Owen
- Bourriaque
- Hebert
- Phelps
- Boyd
- Henry, C.
- Riser
- Boyer
- Henry, D.
- Sawyer
- Brass
- Hilferty
- Schamerhorn
- Braud
- Horton
- Schlegel
- Broussard
- Illg
- Spell
- Bryant
- Jackson
- St. Blanc
- Butler
- Johnson, M.
- Stagni
- Carlson
- Johnson, T.
- Taylor
- Carrier
- Jordan
- Thomas
- Carter, R.
- Kerner
- Thompson
- Carver
- Knox
- Turner
- Chassion
- LaCombe
- Ventrella
- Chenevert
- LaFleur
- Villio
- Coates
- Landry, J.
- Wilder
- Cox
- Landry, M.
- Wiley
- Crews
- Larvadain
- Wright
- Deshotel
- Lyons
- Wyble
- Dewitt
- Mack
- Young
- Dickerson
- Marcelle
- Zeringue
- Domangue
- Martinez
NO: 0
ABSENT: 13
Actions
- May 13, 2026 | Senate
- Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
- May 12, 2026 | House
- Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 12, 2026 | Senate
- Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- May 11, 2026 | Senate
- Received from the House without amendments.
- May 07, 2026 | House
- Called from the calendar.
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
- May 06, 2026 | House
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Notice given.
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
- May 05, 2026 | House
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.
- Apr 28, 2026 | House
- Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- Apr 27, 2026 | House
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- Apr 23, 2026 | House
- Reported favorably (10-0). 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
- Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed 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 Senate and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
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