Provides for early voting commissioners assisting with the nursing home early voting program (EN +$38,400 GF EX See Note)
State of LouisianaLouisiana- Status
- Passed
- Signed or otherwise enacted
- Status date
- May 15, 2026
- 181 days ago
- Current chamber
- House of Representatives
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
LA HB 551 · PassedMay 15
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Bill details
- Last action
- Effective date: 08/01/2026. · May 15, 2026
Sponsors
BBBeth BillingsRepresentative · Republican · HD-056Primary sponsorPrimary sponsor
TCTehmi ChassionRepresentative · Democrat · HD-044
Bill history
Newest first.
May 15, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026.House
May 15, 2026Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 165.House
May 14, 2026Sent to the Governor for executive approval.House
May 14, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate.Senate
May 13, 2026Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.House
May 13, 2026Received from the Senate without amendments.House
May 12, 2026Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Senate
May 4, 2026Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Senate
Show 12 earlier actions
Apr 29, 2026Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Senate
Apr 28, 2026Reported favorably.Senate
Mar 31, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Senate
Mar 30, 2026Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Senate
Mar 25, 2026Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 102, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.House
Mar 23, 2026Scheduled for floor debate on 03/25/2026.House
Mar 23, 2026Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.House
Mar 18, 2026Reported favorably (10-0).House
Mar 9, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.House
Feb 27, 2026First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.House
Feb 26, 2026Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.House
Feb 26, 2026Prefiled.House
Recorded votes
House Vote on HB 551 FINAL PASSAGE (#97)Mar 25, 2026 · House · 102 yea · 0 nayPassedPassed
Senate Vote on HB 551 FINAL PASSAGE (#778)May 12, 2026 · Senate · 33 yea · 0 nayPassedPassed
Subjects
- ELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS
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