LA HB249 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 249

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 20 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-03-09 - Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: House House and Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

(Constitutional Amendment) Creates a compensation commission to provide for the salary and other compensation of elected officials and provides for an automatic adjustment at the beginning of each new term of office based upon increase in the consumer price index (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Title

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-09	House	Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
2026-02-20	House	First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-20	House	Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
2026-02-20	House	Prefiled.

Subjects

ELECTED OFFICIALS/COMP

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB249&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1440762
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1440764
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1448239