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LouisianaHB 392026 Regular SessionHouse

LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Requires peace officers to be citizens of the United States

Sponsored By: Michael "Gabe" Firment (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Judiciary BJudiciary

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Louisiana peace officers face new citizenship rules

Louisiana law broadens its peace-officer definition and requires U.S. citizenship for most covered roles. Covered roles include public employees whose permanent arrest, search, seizure, or criminal-warrant duties involve crime prevention or law enforcement. They also include deputies responsible for inmates, Louisiana Supreme Court and appeals court security staff, and the capitol security director. Legislative security officers recommended by that director are also covered. Citizenship can come through birth, naturalization, or other law. Already-employed officers who are lawful permanent residents are exempt if they become citizens by August 1, 2031. Military police within the Military Department are included as peace officers but are exempt from this citizenship rule. Elected or appointed law-enforcement department heads are excluded from the definition.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Michael "Gabe" Firment

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Adam Bass

    Republican • Senate

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Charles Owen

    Republican • House

  • Roy Daryl Adams

    Democratic • House

  • Dodie Horton

    Republican • House

  • Gary Carter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Heather Cloud

    Republican • Senate

  • Jack "Jay" William Gallé Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Jerome Zeringue

    Republican • House

  • Joseph A. Orgeron

    Republican • House

  • Kathy Edmonston

    Republican • House

  • Lauren Ventrella

    Republican • House

  • Mike Johnson

    Republican • House

  • Rhonda Gaye Butler

    Republican • House

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

  • Rodney Schamerhorn

    Republican • House

  • Roger William Wilder III

    Republican • House

  • Shane Mack

    Republican • House

  • Troy Jude Hebert

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 180 • No: 53

House vote • 5/13/2026

Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.

Yes: 74 • No: 22

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 29 • No: 7

House vote • 4/15/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 65 • No: 24

House vote • 4/9/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 283.

    5/22/2026House

  2. Effective date: See Act.

    5/22/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    5/19/2026House

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

    5/18/2026House

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/18/2026Senate

  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 74, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.

    5/13/2026House

  7. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    5/12/2026House

  8. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.

    5/12/2026House

  9. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 29 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    5/4/2026Senate

  11. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026Senate

  12. Reported with amendments.

    4/28/2026Senate

  13. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.

    4/20/2026Senate

  14. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    4/15/2026House

  15. Called from the calendar.

    4/15/2026House

  16. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/15/2026House

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

    4/15/2026Senate

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

    4/14/2026House

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

    4/13/2026House

  20. Reported with amendments (12-0).

    4/9/2026House

  21. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    3/9/2026House

  22. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.

    1/23/2026House

  23. Prefiled.

    1/22/2026House

  24. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    1/22/2026House

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