LA HB459 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 459

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 9 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-06-09 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns

Title

Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns

Roll Calls

2026-06-01 - House - House Vote on HB 459 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1844) (Y: 83 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2026-06-01 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 459 ADOPT (#1641) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-06-01 - House - House Vote on HB 459 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1844) (Y: 84 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2026-05-29 - House - House Vote on HB 459 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1685) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2026-05-26 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 459 FINAL PASSAGE (#1337) (Y: 35 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-05-05 - House - House Vote on HB 459 FINAL PASSAGE (#891) (Y: 67 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-06-09	House	Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-06-09	House	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 806.
2026-06-04	House	Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-06-01	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
2026-06-01	House	Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-06-01	House	Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
2026-06-01	Senate	Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
2026-06-01	Senate	Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
2026-06-01	House	Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 83, nays 9. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
2026-06-01	House	Rules suspended.
2026-06-01	House	Conference Committee report received.
2026-05-29	House	Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
2026-05-29	Senate	Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
2026-05-29	House	House conferees appointed: Mandie Landry, Beaullieu, and Wyble.
2026-05-29	Senate	Senate conference committee members appointed: Miller, Duplessis, and Kleinpeter.
2026-05-29	Senate	Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
2026-05-29	House	Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
2026-05-27	House	Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
2026-05-26	House	Received from the Senate with amendments.
2026-05-26	Senate	Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-05-25	Senate	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-05-21	Senate	Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-05-20	Senate	Reported with amendments.
2026-05-07	Senate	Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
2026-05-06	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-05-05	House	Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 34. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-05-05	House	Called from the calendar.
2026-04-29	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
2026-04-29	House	Notice given.
2026-04-09	House	Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-09	House	Called from the calendar.
2026-04-09	House	Read by title, returned to the calendar.
2026-04-08	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
2026-04-07	House	Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-04-01	House	Reported favorably (12-0).
2026-03-09	House	Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
2026-02-27	House	First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
2026-02-26	House	Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
2026-02-26	House	Prefiled.

Subjects

ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB459&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1445035
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458386
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1468967
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1479839
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1481244
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1460807
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1462422
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1468240
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1474782
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1474676
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1445063
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458702
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1469131
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1474981
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1477902
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1479648
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1468881
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1476790
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1478694
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1479711
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1479805
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1479951