LA HB547 | 2026 | Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill 547

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Passed on May 15 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-15 - Effective date: 08/01/2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Summary

Provides for election offenses

Title

Provides for election offenses

Roll Calls

2026-05-11 - Senate - Senate Vote on HB 547 FINAL PASSAGE (#701) (Y: 33 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2026-03-31 - House - House Vote on HB 547 FINAL PASSAGE (#227) (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-15	House	Effective date: 08/01/2026.
2026-05-15	House	Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 163.
2026-05-13	House	Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
2026-05-13	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate.
2026-05-12	House	Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
2026-05-11	House	Received from the Senate without amendments.
2026-05-11	Senate	Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
2026-04-28	Senate	Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
2026-04-27	Senate	Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
2026-04-22	Senate	Reported favorably.
2026-04-07	Senate	Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
2026-04-01	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
2026-03-31	House	Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 92, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
2026-03-30	House	Scheduled for floor debate on 03/31/2026.
2026-03-26	House	Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
2026-03-25	House	Reported with amendments (7-6).
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

ELECTION OFFENSES

Louisiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26rs&b=HB547&sbi=y
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1445663
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454192
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457987
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471462
Text	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1475175
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1450538
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454036
Amendment	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1457184
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1445724
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1454272
Supplement	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458078
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1458016
Roll Call	https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1471028