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LouisianaSB 12026 Regular SessionSenate

PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for electronic voting requirements under the Open Meetings Law. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Sam Jenkins (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

House and Governmental AffairsSenate and Governmental Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Louisiana public bodies can use electronic votes

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana public bodies can use electronic machines to display and record each member’s vote. Votes displayed and recorded this way satisfy the law’s requirement for voting aloud. All votes must appear in the body’s minutes, journal, or other official written records, which are public documents. The law also applies retroactively to votes and actions taken before enactment.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Sam Jenkins

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Adrian Fisher

    Democratic • House

  • C. Denise Marcelle

    Democratic • House

  • Candace N. Newell

    Democratic • House

  • Ed Larvadain III

    Democratic • House

  • Joy Walters

    Democratic • House

  • R. Dewith Carrier

    Republican • House

  • Rodney Lyons

    Democratic • House

  • Steven Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Tony Bacala

    Republican • House

  • Vanessa Caston LaFleur

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 130 • No: 4

House vote • 5/7/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 4. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 88 • No: 4

House vote • 4/28/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/31/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 30 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 220.

    5/15/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/15/2026Senate

  3. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/13/2026Senate

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/12/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/12/2026House

  6. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate

  7. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 4. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/7/2026House

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

    5/6/2026House

  9. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/5/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    4/29/2026House

  11. Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/28/2026House

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

    4/1/2026House

  13. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/31/2026Senate

  14. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/31/2026House

  15. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/30/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    3/25/2026Senate

  17. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

    1/12/2026Senate

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