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LouisianaSB 1432026 Regular SessionSenate

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Provides relative to funding of bulletproof vests for peace officers. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE EX)

Sponsored By: Rick Edmonds (Republican)

Signed by Governor

AppropriationsFinance

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Vest funding for small Louisiana police agencies

The law creates a state fund to help Louisiana local, municipal, and parish law enforcement agencies buy bulletproof vests. Agencies qualify if they employ 15 or fewer full-time commissioned peace officers. Money can only buy vests for commissioned peace officers. Louisiana’s law enforcement commission runs the program and must favor agencies lacking adequate vests. Awards may reflect vest shortages, officers without vests, and financial need; the commission may require agencies to share costs. Vests must meet U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice standards. They must be made entirely in countries covered by the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement in force since July 1, 2020. The commission must adopt rules covering applications, awards, and recipient reporting and accountability under the state's Administrative Procedure Act. Funding can come from legislative transfers or appropriations, donations, gifts, grants, and other revenue, including federal funds. Required state bond allocations come first, and the Legislature must appropriate fund money to the commission. Interest and unused, uncommitted year-end money stay in the fund. The law sets no funding or award amount.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rick Edmonds

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Barbara Reich Freiberg

    Republican • House

  • Beryl Amedée

    Republican • House

  • Bryan Fontenot

    Republican • House

  • Chad Michael Boyer

    Republican • House

  • Roy Daryl Adams

    Democratic • House

  • Dodie Horton

    Republican • House

  • Doyle Boudreaux

    Republican • House

  • Jacob Braud

    Republican • House

  • Jeremy LaCombe

    Republican • House

  • John R. Illg Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Kellee Hennessy Dickerson

    Republican • House

  • Marcus Anthony Bryant

    Democratic • House

  • Mike Johnson

    Republican • House

  • R. Dewith Carrier

    Republican • House

  • Reese "Skip" Broussard

    Republican • House

  • Rhonda Gaye Butler

    Republican • House

  • Shane Mack

    Republican • House

  • Steven Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Tony Bacala

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 147 • No: 0

House vote • 5/26/2026

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

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 5/18/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 16 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/7/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 739.

    6/1/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 6/1/2026.

    6/1/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/29/2026House

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

    5/29/2026Senate

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

    5/28/2026Senate

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

    5/26/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/26/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026.

    5/25/2026House

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

    5/20/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/19/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (16-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/18/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

    5/11/2026House

  13. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/7/2026Senate

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

    5/7/2026House

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

    5/6/2026Senate

  16. Reported with amendments.

    5/5/2026Senate

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

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Finance.

    2/25/2026Senate

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