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LouisianaSB 2922026 Regular SessionSenate

GOVERNOR: Provides for the office and duties of the office of the state inspector general. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Sponsored By: Jeremy Stine (Republican)

Signed by Governor

House and Governmental AffairsSenate and Governmental Affairs

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.

Louisiana watchdog targets waste and efficiency

Louisiana’s state inspector general now has explicit goals to eliminate wasteful spending and improve government efficiency. The law also adds goals to improve and modernize government operations. These goals accompany the office’s work against mismanagement, misconduct, abuse, fraud, and corruption in covered state agencies. The law sets no dollar savings and does not directly change household costs or benefits.

Fewer public access requirements for watchdog

Louisiana’s inspector general must maintain a website for complaints about waste, fraud, corruption, and related problems in covered agencies. The law no longer specifies a toll-free fraud hotline or anonymous reporting. The office also no longer must develop and publish an operations manual containing professional standards. It must still follow professional standards.

Fewer required follow-ups on state complaints

Louisiana’s inspector general must review agency complaints and decide whether they warrant investigation by the office or another government agency. The inspector general can also start investigations without a complaint. The law removes express duties to investigate every complaint, recommend discipline or further investigation, and report suspected criminal activity. It also removes mandatory law-enforcement notification for credible corruption or fraud information. The office can still file complaints with the Board of Ethics when it detects ethics violations.

Fewer qualifications for Louisiana’s inspector general

The law removes the two-year appointment ban for people who recently held elected office or political party office. The Governor still appoints Louisiana’s state inspector general with Senate consent. The inspector general no longer must obtain Certified Inspector General certification within one year of appointment. These changes broaden the candidate pool but remove a professional qualification requirement.

State watchdog can hire without bidding

Louisiana’s inspector general can hire professional services without public bidding when reasonably necessary to carry out the inspector general law. This gives the office more hiring flexibility but removes the public bidding step for those contracts. The law does not require a contract or set a spending amount.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jeremy Stine

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 141 • No: 0

House vote • 5/11/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 96 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2026

Reported with amendments

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/8/2026

Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 417.

    5/28/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 5/28/2026.

    5/28/2026Senate

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

    5/20/2026Senate

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

    5/19/2026Senate

  5. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/19/2026House

  6. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/11/2026House

  7. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/11/2026Senate

  8. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.

    5/7/2026House

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

    5/6/2026House

  10. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/5/2026House

  11. Reported with amendments (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    4/29/2026House

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

    4/14/2026House

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

    4/13/2026House

  14. Called from the Calendar.

    4/8/2026Senate

  15. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    4/8/2026Senate

  16. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

    3/30/2026Senate

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

    3/23/2026Senate

  18. Reported with amendments.

    3/18/2026Senate

  19. 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

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

    2/27/2026Senate

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