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Louisiana 2026

SB 397

ELECTED OFFICIALS: Provides for vacancies caused by retirement, resignation, or removal from elected office. (8/1/26)

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 13:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

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

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 262.

    became-law, executive-signature

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    executive-receipt

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    enrolled

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Received from the House without amendments.

    receipt

  7. Called from the calendar.

  8. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    passage

  9. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  10. Notice given.

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  12. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.

  13. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    reading-3

  14. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  15. Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    committee-passage-favorable

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

    referral-committee

  17. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  18. 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.

    passage

  19. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  20. Reported favorably.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    referral-committee

  22. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    filing, referral-committee

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