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LouisianaHB 10492026 Regular SessionHouse

PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides relative to public meetings (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Sponsored By: Charles Owen (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Senate and Governmental AffairsHouse and Governmental Affairs

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3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Public comment before school board decisions

Louisiana school boards covered by the Open Meetings Law must allow public comment before each agenda item and before any vote. Boards can set reasonable rules for comments. The exception in R.S. 42:15(B) still applies.

Public meeting minutes available online longer

Louisiana public bodies must make meeting minutes available as public records within a reasonable time, subject to disclosure exceptions. Those exceptions come from R.S. 42:16–18 and rules adopted under R.S. 42:21. Members must receive draft minutes at least five business days before the meeting where approval is considered. Bodies with websites must post adopted minutes and keep them online for at least three months after posting. When official-journal publication is required, online posting is due within 10 days after publication; otherwise, within a reasonable time after the meeting. Inability to access the website does not violate these requirements.

Public meeting notices posted in advance

Most Louisiana public bodies must provide written meeting notice at least 24 hours ahead, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. They must post it where the public can read it at their main office, or publish it in an official journal. Bodies without a main office use the meeting building for posted notices. Bodies with websites must also post notice online for at least 24 hours, excluding those same days. Late online posting or inability to access the website does not violate the Open Meetings Law. These notice rules exclude the legislature and its committees and subcommittees.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Charles Owen

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 242 • No: 0

House vote • 5/29/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/28/2026

The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

House vote • 4/21/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 4/14/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 14 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 867.

    6/8/2026House

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

    6/8/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/1/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/1/2026House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/31/2026House

  6. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.

    5/29/2026House

  7. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/29/2026House

  8. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/28/2026Senate

  9. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/28/2026House

  10. Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/27/2026Senate

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/27/2026Senate

  12. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    4/22/2026Senate

  13. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/21/2026House

  14. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/21/2026Senate

  15. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

    4/20/2026House

  16. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/15/2026House

  17. Reported favorably (14-0).

    4/14/2026House

  18. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

    3/31/2026House

  19. Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

    3/30/2026House

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