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HB 638

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Not supplied
Introduced / first action
2026-02-27 00:00:00

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Actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 822.

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  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  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. Read by title, roll called, yeas 98, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.

  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.

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  9. Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

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

  12. Reported with amendments.

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  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A.

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

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  15. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

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  16. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.

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

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  18. Reported with amendments (8-0).

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  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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  20. Prefiled.

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  21. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

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

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