STATE BILLLA HB 956PASSED

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State of Louisiana

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: Jun 9, 2026; 156 days ago
Current chamber: House of Representatives
Session: 2026 Regular Session

LA HB 956 · PassedJun 9

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Bill details

Last action: Effective date: 08/01/2026. · Jun 9, 2026

Sponsor

BFBryan FontenotRepresentative · Republican · HD-055Primary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

Jun 9, 2026Effective date: 08/01/2026.House

Jun 9, 2026Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 857.House

Jun 4, 2026Sent to the Governor for executive approval.House

Jun 1, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.Senate

Jun 1, 2026Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.House

Jun 1, 2026Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.House

Jun 1, 2026Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 1 nays.Senate

Jun 1, 2026Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.Senate

Show 27 earlier actions

Jun 1, 2026Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 92, nays 4. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted.House

Jun 1, 2026Rules suspended.House

Jun 1, 2026Conference Committee report received.House

May 27, 2026Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.Senate

May 26, 2026House conferees appointed: Fontenot, Deshotel, and Riser.House

May 26, 2026Notice of Senate conferees appointed.House

May 25, 2026Senate conference committee members appointed: Luneau, Owen, and Reese.Senate

May 20, 2026Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.Senate

May 20, 2026Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0. The Senate amendments, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were rejected. Conference committee appointment pending.House

May 19, 2026Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.House

May 18, 2026Received from the Senate with amendments.House

May 13, 2026Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Senate

May 13, 2026Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.Senate

May 6, 2026Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.Senate

Apr 27, 2026Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Senate

Apr 22, 2026Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.Senate

Apr 21, 2026Reported with amendments.Senate

Apr 15, 2026Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.Senate

Apr 14, 2026Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Senate

Apr 13, 2026Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 11. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.House

Apr 9, 2026Scheduled for floor debate on 04/13/2026.House

Apr 8, 2026Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.House

Apr 7, 2026Reported with amendments (13-0).House

Mar 9, 2026Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.House

Feb 27, 2026First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.House

Feb 27, 2026Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.House

Feb 27, 2026Prefiled.House

Recorded votes

House Vote on HB 956 FINAL PASSAGE (#448)Apr 13, 2026 · House · 85 yea · 11 nayPassed

Senate Vote on HB 956 FINAL PASSAGE (#874)May 13, 2026 · Senate · 32 yea · 0 nayPassed

House Vote on HB 956 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1445)May 20, 2026 · House · 95 yea · 0 nayPassed

House Vote on HB 956 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1846)Jun 1, 2026 · House · 92 yea · 4 nayPassed

Senate Vote on HB 956 ADOPT (#1643)Jun 1, 2026 · Senate · 35 yea · 1 nayPassed

Subjects

FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL

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