All Roll Calls
Yes: 212 • No: 22
LouisianaHB 5262025 Regular SessionHouse
PUBLIC PRINTING: Provides that a website established and maintained by the commissioner of administration shall be the official journal of the state and requires him to post certain information about boards and commissions on it (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
Sponsored By: Jacob Jules Landry (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate and Governmental AffairsHouse and Governmental Affairs
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Louisiana boards must share more information
Beginning July 1, 2027, covered Louisiana boards, commissions, committees, and panels must submit information electronically for the Official Journal. Required records include meeting notices, minutes and attachments, recordings, membership details, employee counts, job titles, salaries, and governing rules. Boards must disclose member compensation, terms, selection methods, service length, and travel and daily meeting payments. Financial and budget records must cover the current fiscal year and two prior years. Meeting notices must arrive before legal posting deadlines; adopted minutes are due within 10 days. Annual membership and financial information is due February 1, with officers certifying its accuracy. The commissioner must make records easy to search and provide electronic meeting alerts. Noncompliant entities receive certified notice and have 90 days after receipt to respond. Legislative committees may review them within 60 days of the commissioner's notice and recommend changes or termination. If termination is considered, committees must report actions or proposed legislation at least 30 days before the next regular session. Boards managing statewide retirement trust funds are exempt when the state has no direct financial responsibility for the fund.
Louisiana centralizes permit and license information
Beginning July 1, 2027, Louisiana permit and licensing agencies must submit application information for the Official Journal. Required details include a description, current application link, materials checklist, status contact, and expected review timeline. Agencies must also provide annual reports showing applications received, permits or licenses issued, and approval timelines. This centralizes information for applicants without changing fees, eligibility, or approval outcomes.
Louisiana moves official state notices online
Beginning July 1, 2027, Louisiana replaces its newspaper-based Official Journal with a website run by the commissioner of administration. State ads, public notices, and proclamations must appear there. The Legislature may use its own website, except for notices required by the Louisiana Constitution. Laws and joint resolutions must be accessible within 60 days after the session ends and remain available at least one year. Earlier-effective laws must be posted before taking effect when possible, or as soon as possible afterward. The commissioner must set rules and fees for anyone publishing notices about proposed changes to public employee retirement laws or constitutional provisions. Those notices must be published without cost to the state; fee amounts are not specified, and retirement benefits do not change.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jacob Jules Landry
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Chad Michael Boyer
Republican • House
Chance Keith Henry
Republican • House
Charles Owen
Republican • House
Daryl Andrew Deshotel
Republican • House
Debbie Villio
Republican • House
Foy Bryan Gadberry
Republican • House
Julie Emerson
Affiliation unavailable
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson
Republican • House
Les Farnum
Republican • House
Mark Wright
Affiliation unavailable
Michael Charles Echols
Republican • House
Peter F. Egan Sr.
Republican • House
Phillip DeVillier
Republican • House
R. Dewith Carrier
Republican • House
Rodney Schamerhorn
Republican • House
Troy Jude Hebert
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/10/2025
Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
Yes: 93 • No: 0
Senate vote • 6/8/2025
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 4/28/2025
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
Yes: 75 • No: 17
House vote • 4/16/2025
Reported favorably
Yes: 9 • No: 5
Actions Timeline
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 374.
6/20/2025HouseEffective date: 07/01/2027.
6/20/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate.
6/12/2025SenateSent to the Governor for executive approval.
6/12/2025HouseEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
6/11/2025HouseRead by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
6/10/2025HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
6/9/2025HouseScheduled for concurrence on 06/10/2025.
6/9/2025HouseRules suspended. Called from the Calendar.
6/8/2025SenateSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
6/8/2025SenateRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
5/28/2025SenateReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
5/20/2025SenateCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
5/19/2025SenateReported with amendments.
5/14/2025SenateRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
4/30/2025SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
4/29/2025SenateRead third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 17. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
4/28/2025HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2025.
4/24/2025HouseRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
4/22/2025HouseReported favorably (9-5).
4/16/2025HouseRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
4/14/2025HousePrefiled.
4/4/2025HouseUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
4/4/2025House
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