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Louisiana 2026

HB 359

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the death of a candidate for a party primary office who is not affiliated with a major political party (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2026-02-24 00:00:00

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Actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 639.

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  2. Effective date: 06/03/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

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  4. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

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  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  6. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 94, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  7. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  8. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays.

  9. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  10. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.

  11. Conference committee report received.

  12. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  13. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  14. Senate conference committee members appointed: Reese, Cathey, and McMath.

  15. House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Boudreaux, and Hebert.

  16. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  17. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. Called from the calendar.

  19. Read by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.

  20. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

  21. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.

  22. 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.

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  23. Received from the Senate with amendments.

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

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  25. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  26. Reported with amendments.

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  27. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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

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

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  30. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.

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

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  32. Reported favorably (11-0).

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  33. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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  34. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  35. Prefiled.

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  36. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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