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LouisianaSB 1482026 Regular SessionSenate

PLANNING/ZONING: Provides for compensation to the members of the Lake Charles planning commission. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Jeremy Stine (Republican)

Became Law

Municipal, Parochial and Cultural AffairsLocal and Municipal Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Lake Charles planning commissioners can receive pay

Beginning August 1, 2026, Lake Charles can pay planning commission members for attending meetings. The city must set the payment rate and number of paid meetings by ordinance. The law sets no payment amount and does not require the city to pay. This authority applies even if another law says otherwise.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jeremy Stine

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 148 • No: 0

House vote • 5/12/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 99 • No: 0

House vote • 5/5/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/17/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 37 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Becomes Act No. 407 without the Governor's signature.

    5/27/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    5/27/2026Senate

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

    5/14/2026Senate

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

    5/13/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/13/2026House

  6. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/12/2026House

  7. Received from the House without amendments.

    5/12/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/12/2026.

    5/11/2026House

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

    5/7/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/6/2026House

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

    5/5/2026House

  12. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs.

    3/23/2026House

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

    3/18/2026House

  14. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/17/2026Senate

  15. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/16/2026Senate

  16. Reported favorably.

    3/11/2026Senate

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

    3/9/2026Senate

  18. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.

    2/25/2026Senate

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