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LouisianaHB 2252026 Regular SessionHouse

GOVERNOR: (Constitutional Amendment) Provides for gubernatorial term limits

Sponsored By: Michael Robert Bayham Jr. (Republican)

Adopted

Senate and Governmental AffairsHouse and Governmental Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Lifetime election limits for Louisiana governors

The law bars anyone who has served more than one and one-half terms as Louisiana governor from being elected governor again. The limit applies for life, even when the terms are not consecutive. The law places the constitutional amendment before voters at the statewide election on November 3, 2026.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Mandie Landry

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 246 • No: 80

Senate vote • 5/26/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 28 • No: 10

House vote • 5/5/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 25. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 73 • No: 25

House vote • 4/28/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 21. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass.

Yes: 67 • No: 21

House vote • 4/22/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 22. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.

Yes: 67 • No: 22

House vote • 3/31/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 11 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

    5/28/2026House

  2. Becomes Act No. 414.

    5/28/2026House

  3. Effective date: See Act.

    5/28/2026House

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

    5/27/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/27/2026Senate

  6. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/26/2026Senate

  7. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/26/2026House

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

    5/25/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/21/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/6/2026Senate

  12. Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.

    5/5/2026House

  13. Rules suspended.

    5/5/2026House

  14. Called from the calendar.

    5/5/2026House

  15. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 73, nays 25. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    5/5/2026House

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

    5/5/2026Senate

  17. Rules suspended.

    4/29/2026House

  18. Motion to reconsider pending.

    4/29/2026House

  19. Called from the calendar.

    4/28/2026House

  20. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 21. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass.

    4/28/2026House

  21. Notice given.

    4/27/2026House

  22. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.

    4/27/2026House

  23. Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.

    4/23/2026House

  24. Called from the calendar.

    4/22/2026House

  25. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 22. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass. Motion to reconsider pending.

    4/22/2026House

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